Sussex-Brighton-1825
CBTM:
20758
Map Date:
? 1825
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5425 (3)
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. surveyed by J. Marchant, 49, North Street, Teacher of Writing and Accounts, in Ladies Schools & Private Families.'
Comments on map:
Dated by BLML to c.1825. Border is broken for Chain Pier on south, and Marine Square on south-east; 60 and 61 in reference are evidently additions.
Scale:
1:5940
Map-maker:
J. Marchant, 49 North St [sv, pb], W. Saunders, Bookseller & stationer, 112 St James St [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
42.0 x 32.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): [Both post and tower].
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Unusually large number identified by the minister, e.g. Mr Vinall's Chapel; Anglican is pictorial.
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools: Including School of Industry.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds: 'Tea Garden and Cricket Ground'.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5425(3), BOL C17:80 Brighton (9), CUL Maps.88.82.1 [1825.c]; East Sussex RO JA 10 [Add MS 4108] [1840.c].
Industry:
engineering
River and foreshore features:
misc: Rocks, by Chain Pier.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms: [Baths include 'The Chalybeate'].
Service and professional:
banks
Road transport:
coach office, wagon office: [Ten coach and waggon offices: cf Exeter 20757].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous service buildings:
[Royal Stables].
Miscellaneous physical features:
Two gaps named.
Walls, embankments, etc:
Pictorial railings along clifftop.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, tea-gardens: 'Tea Garden and Cricket Ground'.
Stated measuerments:
other: Length of Chain Pier.
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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