Sussex-Chichester-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18352

Map Date:

1820

Repository reference:

West Sussex RO PM 17

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Chichester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU860048

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 8607

Map title:

'Plan of the city of Chichester taken in the year 1820. By Edward Fuller, surveyor, Chichester.'

Comments on map:

Scale measured as about 1 inch to 46 yards, i.e. 1:1656. The parent map [Exeter 22445] is closer to 1 inch to 44 yards, 1:1584.

Scale:

1:1620

Map-maker:

Edward Fuller, surveyor, Chichester [sv], E. Gullan, 408 Oxfd St, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.5 x 77.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Chichester d.1, West Sussex RO c.2.M 17, PM 17, PM 153, MP 51 (coloured) [original]; [1972: included in David J. Butler, The town plans of Chichester 1595-1898, Chichester: West Sussex CC, 1972].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Relief:

shown partially: On insides of walls; mound.

Crosses:

cross

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Bottom right: incorrect, according to Butler (1972)].

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560