Add MS 57638

R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. III (1-11). Large maps.

1. Map of the Kent Coast from Sandown Castle to Walmer Castle by 'Thos. Hyde Page, engineer'; 18th cent. 1:3200. Scale bar of 1000 yards (= 11.25 inches). Map oriented with East at top. Amherst no. A 63. R.U.S.I. no. A 2.40.

465 x 1460mm.

2. Map of Dover, by T. H. Page; circa 1780. 1:1200. 'Scale of feet'. Scale bar of 1000 feet (= 10 inches). Map oriented with South-East at top. Amherst no. C 25. R.U.S.I. no. A 2.56.

650 x 1805mm.

3. 'Plan of the review ground, Hounslow Heath, Middlesex', by 'Richard Peyton, surveyor'; 1819. 1:2400 approx. 'Scale of chains. 20 chains / 1/4 of a mile'. Scale bar of 20 chains (= 6.75 inches). Map oriented with North-North-West at top. R.U.S.I. no. A 53.28.

740 x 1070mm.

4. 'A plan of Landguard common and fort'; 1780. 1:6480. 'Scale of 180 yards to an inch'; but scale bar of 1000 yards (= 5.5 inches) indicates 1:6550 approx. Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 2.44.

705 x 860mm.

5. Chart of Plymouth Sound; 18th cent. 1:31680. 'Scale two inches to one mile'. Scale bar of 10000 yards (= 11.75 inches). Presented to the Institution by Col. Sir A. S. Frazer. R.U.S.I. no. A 2.43.

645 x 1465mm.

6. Chart of Plymouth Sound; 18th cent. 1:9600. 'Scale 800 feet to an inch'. Scale bar of 5000 feet (= 6.35 inches). The chart is in the style of Ordnance engineers' drawings in the Kings Topographical Collection, eg. K. Top. XI.78.1, plan of town, citadel, dock and country round Plymouth, 1756. R.U.S.I. no. A 2.42.

655 x 965mm.

7. Chart of Portsmouth harbour; 18th cent. 1:14080. Scale bar of 3 miles (= 13.25 inches). R.U.S.I. no. A 2.49.

720 x 1275mm.

8. 'Plan of the entrance of the river Medway including the fort and dockyard of Sheerness'; 1797. 1:2400. 'Scale of one mile' (= 26.25 inches). 'Scale of 2000 yards' (= 30 inches). Map oriented with North-North-East at top. Marked 'Plan no. 3'; see Add. 57637, ff. 6, 7. R.U.S.I. no. A. 2.48.

500 x 1330mm.

9. 'Plan of Wanstead Park and Flats Essex', by 'J. G. Kelly QMG Office, Horse Guards'; May 1853. 1:6030 approx. 'Horizontal scale 8 furlongs (= 10.25 inches). Map oriented with North-North-West at top. R.U.S.I. no. A 53.25.

940 x 610mm.

10. Map of Weymouth, by 'Lt.-Col. J. Bathurst QMG Dept.'; 19th cent. 1:10560. 'Scale of one mile'. Scale bar of 8 furlongs (= 6 inches). Map oriented with North-West at top. R.U.S.I. no. A 53.26.

495 x 1145mm.

11. Map of Wickham Bushes, co. Berks. 'copied from a plan of George Pink's by Ensigns Jno. Longmore, RL Cocks, Hythe Sept. 14th 1810'. 1:3600. 'Scale 300 feet to an inch'. Scale bar of 1500 feet (= 5 inches). Map oriented with North-North-West at top. R.U.S.I. no. A 53.27.

740 x 1055mm.

includes:

• f. 1 County of Kent: Sir Thomas Hyde Page, military engineer: Maps and Plans: Map showing coast from Sandown Castle to Walmer Castle, by Sir Thomas Hyde Page: 18th cent.
• f. 2 Dover: Sir Thomas Hyde Page, military engineer: Maps and Plans: Map of Dover, by Sir Thomas Hyde Page: circa 1780.
• f. 3 Maps and Plans: Richard Peyton, surveyor: Hounslow Heath, Middlesex: Plan of the review ground at Hounslow Heath, surveyed by Richard Peyton: 1819.
• f. 4 Maps and Plans: Landguard, Suffolk: Plan of Landguard common and fort: 1780.
• ff. 5, 6 Plymouth, Devon: Maps and Plans: Charts of Plymouth Sound: 18th cent.
• f. 7 Portsmouth, Hampshire: Maps and Plans: Plan of Portsmouth harbour and environs: 18th cent.
• f. 8 Maps and Plans: Sheerness, Kent: River Medway: Plan of Sheerness fort, dockyard etc., and entrance to R. Medway: 1797.
• f. 9 Maps and Plans: J. G. Kelly, of the Quartermaster General's Office: Wanstead, Essex: Plan of Wanstead Park and Flats, by J. G. Kelly: 1853.
• f. 10 Maps and Plans: Lieutenant-Colonel J. Bathurst, of the Quartermaster General's department: Weymouth, Dorset: Map of Weymouth, by Lt.-Col. J. Bathurst: 19th cent.
• f. 11 Maps and Plans: Ensign John Longmore: Ensign R. L. Cocks: Wickham Bushes, Berkshire: George Pink: Plan of a camp at Wickham Bushes by George Pink: 1810: Copy, by Ensigns J. Longmore and R. L. Cocks.