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Sussex-Chichester-1900

CBTM:
18999
Map Date:
[1900]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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'.
Comments on map:
In F.G. Brabant, Sussex, London: Methuen, 1900 [The Little Guide Series], f.p.106. In an arts-&-crafts style, explicitly dated 1900: unclear who 'B.C.B.' may be, but the style contrasts markedly with the 'copperplate' hitherto prevailing. Scale measured as 0.93 inch to 1000 feet, 1:12,903.
Scale:
1:12,900
Map-maker:
B.C.B. [dr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
6.4 x 11.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: [Guildhall rather than Assembly Rooms on Exeter 18998].
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls: Wall with towers.
Known copies of map:
RGS Library.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Small 'flags' surround figuring of scale; bishop's mitre on cathedral, and similar other decoration on map.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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