Dummer 1698 - Christchurch chart features: HMCMS:FA1991.24.11

	South Coast Harbours 1698 report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw

	Chart Features - Christchurch
title cartouche wreath cartouche title	The title cartouche bottom centre is a wreath of leaves, tinted green, tied with a red ribbon. The title is:- Christ Church River Westward of Hurst Castle wth:out ye. Isle of Wight 'without' not meaning lacking but outwith (outside). The cartouche contains:-
scale line scale	A scale line:- A Scale of one Mile with divisions at quarter miles. The 1 mile = 72.1mm; assuming a modern statute mile this gives a scale 1 to 22290; or, if a sea mile of 6082.95 feet, 1 to 25715. The map scale is about:- 1 to 22000 or 1 to 25000 2.5 or 3 inches to 1 mile
orientation compass rose up is NW	The map has a compass rose. There are four star points for the cardinal directions, tinted red/pink, and four more for the half cardinal directions, tinted grey/blue. North is marked by a yellow fleur de lys. Up on the sheet is NW.
table of data	Left and right at the bottom, in plain rectangular cartouches, are explanations of letters used to mark features on the map. Eg:- cc. Two Mills
sea plain rocks sandbanks coast appearance	The sea is plain. Off shore at the river mouth are the outlines of rocks or sandbanks, tinted grey, looking like a hazard to navigation. The shore at the river mouth is drawn with circles, perhaps indicating a pebbly shore. The coast to westward is drawn with the appearance of low cliffs.
rivers harbours	The subject of the map is the 'Christ Church River' which is drawn from its narrow entrance, where there is:- a. Peer now making for the harbour. Inland the river is a confusion of channels and creeks and mud flats. It divides into two main arms:- d. Blandford River e. Salisbury River The rivers are being described, not named - a pernickety distinction perhaps. They are the River Stour and River Avon respectively. On a pool by a creek half a mile inland is:- b. Store-house Presumably a harbour warehouse.
bridges	A fine bridge with 6 arches, then a smaller one of 2 arches nearer the town, carry a road into Christchurch from the eastward, over two arms of the River Avon.
relief	The land area is tinted a muddy brown, with a little green. Westward of the town low hills are suggested in profile, with smaller hillocks west of the river mouth.
woods	There are a few trees drawn about the land area, tinted emerald green. Most trees are clustered around settlements, or along roads.
settlements streets	Settlements are drawn by groups of buildings, roofs tinted grey. Christchurch is not labelled, but is implied by the map's title. It has a fine array of buildings drawn along streets. Christchurch Priory is drawn as a great church.
mills water mills	A mill lade is drawn off the River Avon at Christchurch, where the road crosses the river towards Lymington. At this point there is a building marked 'c'. The lade curves round the priory inland of the river and comes out into the River Stour, just above the confluence of the rivers, where there is another building marked 'c'. The table of data explains:- cc. Two Mills
roads	Some roads are drawn, by a double line representing the edges, with a dotted line down the middle denoting the track. One road leaves westward from the town ending at the River Stour. A road north is:- g. Road to Pool And eastward out of the town, crossing the River Avon on fine bridges, is:- f. Road to Lymington A turning off this road goes by a few houses, southwards to the coastal area.

	Christchurch, Dorset
	South Coast Harbours 1698 report by Edmund Dummer and Thomas Wiltshaw