Sussex-Brighton-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22378

Map Date:

? 1841

Repository reference:

BL 10358.aaa.40(2)

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:

'Plan of Brighton.'

Comments on map:

F.tp. of The stranger's guide to Brighton, Brighton: Sanders, n.d. [BL says 1841: has a railway ride to Shoreham, but no mention of the line to London, though both appear on the map.]

Scale:

1:26,400*

Map-maker:

W. Saunders & Son, Brighton [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

9.7 x 17.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BL 10358.aaa.40(2) [1841]; BL 796.d.43 [1844]; BL 10368.b.54 [1852].

Railways:

routes, named

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

cliffs: 'Ladder' effect.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560