Sussex-Brighton-1875 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21296

Map Date:

? 1875

Repository reference:

East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/1/8

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:

[Cover:] 'Pike & Ivimy's new map of Brighton.'; [map:] 'Brighton from latest surveys.'

Comments on map:

Looks as though it might be a derivative from the Sleath-Saunders map of 1830 [Exeter 2076]: cf e.g. Tower Mill on Ditchling Road, and treatment of sea. Scale in chains. Dated c.1875 in East Sussex RO list: includes Kemptown branch (1869) and Marine Aquarium.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

Pike & Ivimy, 35 East St, Brighton [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.5 x 43.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

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

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills: ['Mill'].

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, misc: Lifeboat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Others may be emphasised but unnamed.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Female Home; [workhouse is on new site].

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds, v, misc: [Cricket ground stippled, as park; Race Stand at Race Course]; Gun & Polo Ground at Preston.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/1/8.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

aquariums, public halls, ice-skating: [Marine Aquarium].

Miscellaneous:

Stylised-swirling sea.

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1873-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560