Sussex-Eastbourne-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22389

Map Date:

1873

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.88.87.2

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Eastbourne

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TV610990

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TV 6099

Map title:

'New map of Eastbourne and its vicinity... accurately reduced from the general maps prepared for the local authorities, which have been specially approved by the Surveyor to the Board.'

Comments on map:

Clean-cut look, suggesting Ordnance Survey or General Board of Health stylistic influence.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Lee & Walton, Engineers & Surveyors, 6 Great College St, Westminster, SW [authors], Kell, Bros. Lith. London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

120 x 74

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, partly

Buildings:

building infill omitted, steps to buildings: Apparent steps to buildings in Mostyn Terrace.

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, misc: Life Boat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

fire stations, reservoirs: 'Fire Engine' and 'Fire Escape'.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Anglican named in gothic.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Wish Tower, Grand Redoubt].

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses, misc: Workmens Hall.

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BOL C17:70 Eastbourne (5), CUL Maps.88.87.2.

Industry:

food/drink, timber

Railways:

routes, earthworks, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

cliffs: Rocky.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground: [Building estates named].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560