Royal Engineer’s maps and Plans (Laidler Collection)

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Bearings of principal military posts and remarkable peaks visible from proposed sites of signal towers at Hill S of Piet Apples Location, Great Fish River and Hill over Fraser's Camp. [Map 12]
(1843) Hall, Henry, 1815-1882; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Reid, John
The original map was by Henry Hall. This is a copy possibly by John Reid. The original signed sketch is in the Cape Archives.
Copy of a sketch of the country in the vicinity of the Amatola Mountains; from an actual survey by C. L. Stretch, Capt. P.C. Infantry. [Map 6]
(1835) Piers, H. W.; Stretch, Charles Lennox, 1797-1882.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
The area depicted here fell within the newly proclaimed Province of Queen Adelaide. Fort Cox, overlooking the Kieskamma River and the Amatola Valley, had been constructed in August 1835 by Captain Stretch.
Design for a detached skittle-alley for RE barracks, K.W. Town [Map 37]
(1866-03-03) Thorold, Reginald Gother; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
General plan: sketch shewing postion of posts, signal towers &c. &c. [Map 30]
(1859-12-08) Tatham, R. B.; Smith, Percy; Bolton, Daniel, 1794-1860.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Great Britain. Army. Cape of Good Hope Command. Eastern Province Division; Fanshawe, Charles
The military posts, in the Districts of Albany and Beaufort in the Eastern Cape, are shown on this map.
Junction of the Little with the Great Fish River, right bank as far as Kooste's Drift in front of Grahamstown. [Map 5]
(1824-04-03) Stretch, Charles Lennox, 1797-1882.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Map shows part of the area of the Deputy-Drosty of Albany between the Great and Little Fish Rivers and the Suurberg mountains (Zuureberg). Grahamstown is shown as well as abandoned military posts.
King William's Town - British Kaffraria - Rough block plan, to shew the site of the military stores, proposed to be erected, coloured in yellow. [Map 28]
(1857-11-26) Molesworth, Morgan Crofton; Dill, Marcus; Bolton, Daniel, 1794-1860.; Jackson, James (Sir), 1790-1871.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Simple plan of King William's Town showing military stores to be erected.
King William's Town, British Kaffraria. [Map 31]
(1859-12-07) Gubbins, Francis R.; Tyler, Edward Saumerez; Bolton, Daniel, 1794-1860.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Residential properties are shown, their owners and inhabitants listed.
King William's Town; plan shewing Military Reserve (bounded by red) and proposed extension (in yellow); called for by War Office memo 4th September 1863. Natal 8/110. [Map 36]
(1863-11-23) Crozier, Henry; White, Henry Arthur; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
This plan shows the extent of the Military Reserve in 1863.
King Williams Town, British Kaffraria: site plan shewing in yellow the position of the several items proposed to be executed during the year 1859-60 [date altered in pencil to] 1860-61. [Map 32]
(1859) Gubbins, Francis R.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Depicts new buildings to be erected in the military area of King William's Town between 1859 and 1860, but erection presumably delayed a year.
King Williams Town: sketch shewing in yellow the approved site of wattle and daub huts, also the approved sites for Officers Quarters 1. Infantry 2. Cape Mounted Rifles. [Map 35]
(1862-07-19) Johnson, Curtis; Renwick, William Turnbull.; White, Henry Arthur; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
The plan shows a section of the barrack area of the Military Reserve in King William's Town where new barracks and officer quarters were to be erected.
Map on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape of Good Hope and the bordering county of Kafir [sic] tribes, to explain Lt Colonel Lewis's report dated 18th March. [Map 7]
(1844-10-28) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Lewis, Griffith George, 1784-1850.
The Map shows the great Fish River as the eastern border of the Colony except for a strip of the coast line going east to just short of the Kei River. This was the frontier subsequent to treaties the Xhosa made with Sir Andries Stockenstroom in December 1836.
Military survey of part of the district of Uitenhage. [Map 2]
(1822) White, Thomas Charles
The map depicts Algoa Bay, following to coast to the Gamtoos River mouth, and east to the Swartkops River mouth. The inland area of the map lies between the Winterberg and the border formed by the Gamtoos River to the point at which it becomes the Kouga River.
Plan of Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope: shewing the relative situation of the existing and proposed military buildings to accompany an estimate and report from Lt.Col. Lewis, Comg. RI. Engr. to the Inspector General of Fortifications. Dated 18th March 1837. [Map 8]
(1837-03-18) Piers, H. W.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers; Lewis, Griffith George, 1784-1850.
The plan shows Fort Frederick and the Donkin Memorial, now the Donkin Pyramid. All the buildings, extant in Port Elizabeth in 1837, are shown.
Plan of the Eastern Frontier Cape of Good Hope and the adjacent country of the Kaffr [sic] tribes. The red tint[s] shew the present colonial boundary; the military posts are marked in red. [Map 14]
(1846-12) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Topographical map giving a view of the eastern frontier before the war of the Axe of 1847. The table of distances between the towns and forts was unusual at the time.
Plan of the ground in the neighbourhood of Block Drift, near to the Chumie River in British Kaffirland [sic], shewing the position whereon the Commander in Chief has directed a temporary post be erected. S. site of the post called Fort Hare. [Map 15]
(1846-12-18) Stokes, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
This map shows in detail the area in which Fort Hare was built in 1847, after the War of the Axe. It was on the Xhosa side of the Tyhume River.
Plan of the old and new line of road between Fort Beaufort and flat-roof house. [Map 13]
(1844) Reid, John; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
The map shows the Kat River's east bank and section of a new road being built by the Royal Engineer's between 1837, when Fort Beaufort was founded, and 1845. Garson (1992) attributes the copy to Private John Reid.
Plan shewing the position of all the government buildings at King William's Town, Co[unty] of Middelsex, British Kaffraria. [Map 26]
(1853-10-04) Tylden, Richard, 1819-1855.; Dudswell, G.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Fort Hill, first built in 1835, is shown. The plan also sets out military and government structures in King William's Town after the Eighth Frontier War of 1850-1853.
Plan, elevations and sections of front buildings of Mess Establishment as compiled at King William's Town, Co[ounty] Middlesex, British Kaffraria, as completed. [Map 18]
(1849-10-18) McLintock, W; Dill, Marcus; Howorth, Richard; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Plan showing details of the mess building erected in the military in King William's Town, and where it stands in relationship to the barracks.
Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay. [Map 34]
(1862-03-19) Simmons, Goerge; Renwick, William Turnbull.; Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864.; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
Map focuses on the coastline and waters of Algoa Bay, showing beacons lighthouses. Dangerous reefs and breakers at Cape Recife are depicted.
Port Elizabeth. [Map 29]
(1859-12-08) Tatham, R. B.; Smith, Percy; Bolton, Daniel, 1794-1860.; Great Britain. Army. Cape of Good Hope Command. Eastern Province Division; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
A simple plan of Port Elizabeth demonstrating part of the coastline and the Bakens River. Positions of the ordnance and commissariat stores, Fort Frederick and a nearby hospital are shown. An inset plan shows the dimensions of the market-place.

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