Sussex-Brighton-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18491

Map Date:

[1857]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7

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:

'Brighton'.

Comments on map:

In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257]. Planimetry seems slightly distored in outlying parts.

Scale:

1:14,080

Map-maker:

J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Bibby [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.5 x 25.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

piers: [Chain Pier].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [original]; Brighton Library [photo]; RGS Eng & Wales S.668 [Whitehall Press, 1978]; BOL G1 C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: Chain Pier; top right: Old Steyne and Pavilion; left: railway station.

Borders:

decorative

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560