Sussex-Brighton-1802 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22422

Map Date:

1802

Repository reference:

Brighton History Centre [map cabinet: no pressmarks]

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Brighton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ312043

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 2806

Map title:

'A new and correct plan of Brighthelmston, 1802. Smith Hannington successor to D. Constable 1808'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic copy. Issued by Hannington's Limited, sometime after 1901, and described as facsimile of D. Constable's business card of 1802: looks as though retouched, and probably enlarged, ? x 2. Notable for lack of building names.

Scale:

1:4000

Map-maker:

D. Constable [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.0 x 26.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Brighton History Centre [map cabinet: no pressmarks] [photo].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom of map: rocks, cliffs, view of seaside resort: not convincing.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560