CityArk (http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/about/localstudies) has a wonderful selection of old maps, which are great for follow-up work if you have been on a visit to Rochester.
Try these ideas:
- Compare with a modern A-Z and imagine the sights, sounds and smells from a particular point on each map.
- Make a display by annotating the ancient map with photographs of today's buildings and streets.
- Collect some words from the map: the horse wash, the common, the workhouse, the tide mill, the almshouses. What do they tell us about people's lives? These are our historical clues.
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