Sussex-Brighton-1773
CBTM:
21292
Map Date:
31.5.1773
Repository reference:
East Sussex RO AMS 6279/1
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Brighton
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ312043
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 2806
Comments on map:
Drawn from memory on back of letter from William Green, at Lewes, to Capt Grose, Wandsworth, 31 May 1773, and completed at bottom on front. Letter includes some remarks on town, including cliff erosion. If it is indeed from memory, then it is quite a competent effort.
Scale:
1:3168*
Map-maker:
William Green [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
23.2 x 17.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, other: Grey buildings; eroded areas in red.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
groynes
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Known copies of map:
East Sussex RO AMS 6279/1.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, misc: Eroded areas.
Gardens:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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