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Sussex-Brighton-1890

CBTM:
19032
Map Date:
[1890]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Brighton'.
Comments on map:
In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 48, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 48, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 48. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.] For its scale, and presumed purpose, the map performs over and above the call of duty: how many overseas travellers were interested in the Coal Depot east of West Brighton Station?
Scale:
1:29,800
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
20.0 x 14.8
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.
Road names:
generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses, sports grounds: Grand Stand on race course; [several cricket grounds].
Known copies of map:
BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 48, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 48, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 48].
Industry:
misc: Laundry.
Railways:
routes, passenger stations, misc: 'Electric Railway' [i.e. Volk's].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
aquariums, baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Pavilion.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 2.5 cm squaring.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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