Sussex-Brighton-1808
CBTM:
22397
Map Date:
1.9.1808
Repository reference:
BL 10368.bbb.37
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:
'Brighthelmstone, from an actual survey made by J. Marchant, Private Writing Master 2 Brighton Place.'
Comments on map:
F.p. [1] of Attree's topography of Brighton..., Brigton: Attree, London: Longman, etc, 1809.
Scale:
1:5544
Map-maker:
J. Marchant, Writing Master, Brighton Place [sv, pb], Neele, Strand [eng], the Libraries, R. Paine, North St, Brighthelmstone, J. Baxter, Lewes [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.2 x 31.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): [Smock-mill with fantail].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Old parish church pictorial, with pictorial altar-tombs and 'long-H' gravemarkers.
Public buildings:
customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML 10368.bbb.37, BOL G.A.Sussex 8o 22, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 86, Brighton History Centre [map cabinet: no pressmarks]; Brighton History Centre [map cabinet: no pressmarks] [later state with hachures].
Industry:
bricks/tiles
River and foreshore features:
misc: Offshore rocks.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc: Including The Chalybeate.
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
coach office, wagon office: [Six coach and waggon offices].
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: [Various 'libraries'].
Walls, embankments, etc:
Pictorial railings along clifftop.
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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