Old Map of Kent in 1596 by Philip Symonson - Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone yosemite map 1931 showcasing countless lakes

showcasing countless lakes

just as the railway age was beginning to reshape the county's towns and villages

Munster to the south

and parish churches that filled this crowded quarter of Georgian London with a density that makes the sheet rewarding to study closely

Old Map of Kent in 1596 by Philip Symonson - Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone yosemite map 1931 showcasing countless lakesThis print reproduces Philip Symonson's 1596 map of Kent, one of the earliest detailed county surveys of the area and drawn from Symonson's own travels around the county before being engraved by Charles Whitwell. It places the cathedral city of Canterbury and the ancient port of Dover at its heart, with the county town of Maidstone, then spelled Maydston, and the historic port of Rye also carefully marked, offering a genuinely early glimpse of Kent's