Sussex-Brighton-1890
CBTM:
18997
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 C.S. Ward, Surrey and Sussex [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, 1893, f.p.69-70, and 1897 [no edition number], f.p.76-77. The plans are complete in themselves, but in both editions there is a pink-paper street index bound in immediately following the maps, which are bound so as to face each other, and have a very small overlap.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew F.R.G.S. Edinr [author, pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.6 x 15.2 + 30.5 x 15.3
Number of parts:
2
Colouring:
water
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
piers: Life Boat; piers are named, and shown in some detail, e.g. steps up to West Pier.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/1/9 ['1875.c': 1:10,560]; RGS Eng & Wales S.35 [1879: 1:10,560]; CUL Maps.c.88.88.1 [1880.c: 1:10,560]; RGS Library [in C.S. Ward, Surrey and Sussex [Thorough Guide Series], London: Dulau, 1893, f.p.69-70, and 1897 [no edition number], f.p.76-77: 1:10,560]; BLML Maps 3.a.64, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 57 [1894: pb W.H. Smith: 1:13,340]; East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/1/15 [1896.c: pb W.H. Smith: 1:13,340]; East Sussex RO [open access pamphlets box] [1898: in A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed, Black's Guide to Brighton, Twelfth Edition, London: Black, 1898, f.p.16]; East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/1/18 [1899.c: pb John Walker]; BOL C17 b.11, RGS 10.F.4. [1899: pb Newnes, in The Royal Atlas of England & Wales].
Railways:
routes, rails, passenger stations, misc: Electric Railway on seafront.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
aquariums, baths/spa, theatres, etc, ice-skating, misc: Aviary [in Queens Park; Royal German Spa [in Queens Park], Turkish Baths, Royal Aquarium].
Parkland:
public parks
Monuments:
statues: [Geo IV].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
1873-5
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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