Sussex-Brighton-1810
CBTM:
20757
Map Date:
? 1810
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 187.L.2(5)
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:
'An actual survey & plan of Brighthelmstone, made by J. Marchant, Private Writing Master, 41 North Street.'
Comments on map:
Folded down middle: extracted from R. Sickelmore, An epitome of Brighton. BLML 1967 catalogue dates it c.1810.
Scale:
1:11,520
Map-maker:
J. Marchant, Private Writing Master, 41 North Street [author], S.I. Neele [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.7 x 15.7 [overall: plate 23.3 x 19.2].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Education and academic:
schools: Including School of Industry.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 187.1.2(5), CUL Maps.c.18.G.269, West Sussex RO Add MS 10,356 [1810]; BOL G.A. Sussex 8o 649 [1815].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: [Baths being 'Chalybeate']; 'Harmonic Rotundo'.
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
coach office, wagon office: [Five coach and waggon offices].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous physical features:
Numerous Cliffs, Gaps, etc, named along the shore.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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