Old Maps of Pembury - General

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Old Maps Showing Pembury

The following files are maps scanned in by Tony Nicholls. The size of each file will give you some indication of how long it might take to download.

Pembury Maps - General Maps - 1560-1660

These are sections of much larger maps, mostly of the county of Kent.

Title Map - Click to enlarge File Size
Philip Symondson C1590  99k 
John Speed C1611 (many editions from 1611 to 1770)  132k
Jansson C1646 (copied from Speed)  109k
Robert Morden C1695 - note the spelling amendment. Originally entered as "Pembury", considered an error, and amended.

Several editions from 1695 to 1772

  166k
Richard Blome C1720. Nothing new on Blome's maps - he stole from all earlier publications.  65k
Nicholas Bellin 1740. This is a French map, hence the wild spellings  108k
Thomas Kitchen C1740. Pembury missing, but Copping Crouch present.  79k
Thomas Kitchen Postal map - C1753. 'Half Way House' near Summer Hill.  160k
Edward Hasted from Hasted's History of Kent C1780

Section from the general map of Kent

 		  60k
Hasted C1780 The eastern side of the Pembury  118k
Hasted C1780 The central portion of the Pembury  108k
Hasted C1780 The western side of the Pembury  155k
Hasted C1780 A composite of the 3 sectional parts.

The divisions reflect ancient administrative regions.

  Hi Res. 760k

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