Sussex-Brighton-1854 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20778

Map Date:

[1854]

Repository reference:

BL PP.2508.bai

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Brighton, Hove

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ312043

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 2806

Map title:

'Map of Brighton, Hove, and Cliftonville. Divided into wards.'

Comments on map:

In The original Brighton and Hove Directory; including Cliftonville. Fourth Issue. July 1854. Brighton: W.J. Taylor. Scale graduated in chains but seems intended as 1 inch to 26.67 chains, i.e. 3 inches to 1 mile, 1:21,120. [12 Hanover Crescent has George Long, Barrister; 53 Hanover Terrace has Stephen Barrett, boot & shoe maker: 5 others in Hanover Terrace, two laundresses, carpenter, builder, tea dealer, '(And small houses.)'.]

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Becker's Patent, Stationers Court, London [eng], W.J. Taylor, 16 & 17 East St, Brighton [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.5 x 16.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills: [Tower Mill].

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Chu', 'Cha', in gothic.

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Battery].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Ward

Known copies of map:

BL PP.2508.bai.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560