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Sussex-Bognor-1843

CBTM:
22443
Map Date:
2.1843
Repository reference:
West Sussex RO PM 399
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Bognor
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ933991
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 9301
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Bognor Sussex. by H. Hounsom Librarian.'
Comments on map:
Map is at bottom of sheet including also 'Map of the country round Bognor', and a view, with publication date, at top (shows church tower with 'spike' which isn't on the map), and extensive letterpress including rides without turnpikes, coaches to London, postal information, etc. Scale and planimetry of town map very shaky.
Scale:
1:17,600*
Map-maker:
H. Hounsom, Librarian [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.3 x 6.8 [town map: total printed area 39.0 x 31.8].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Water transport infrastructure:
navigation aids
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial): At Bersted.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
West Sussex RO PM 399 [1843]; West Sussex RO PM 56 [? 1847+: pb. J. Osborn].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
misc: 'United States Gardens for the Poor': seem to be what letterpress calls Field Gardens for the Industrious Poor.
Retail activity:
limited range: 'Shops'.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1874-5
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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