Sussex-Eastbourne-1879 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20735

Map Date:

? 1879

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 6.b.30

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:

'Map of Eastbourne being an exact reduction from the Ordnance Map corrected and revised to date of publication from special surveys by George Fuller, Surveyor Lewes & Eastbourne.'

Comments on map:

BM receipt-stamp 16 Jul 1879 green. 'Scale 10.137 to the mile.'

Scale:

1:6250

Map-maker:

George Fuller, Surveyor, Lewes & Eastbourne [author], C.F. Kell, lith., 8 Castle St, Holborn, London, E.C. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

79.5 x 53.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, Buildings, land-use: Public and other buildings, parks, gardens & squares.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, misc: Life Boat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

barracks, coastguard, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Wish Tower, Great Redoubt.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds: Including a Croquet ground.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 6.b.30, BOL C17:70 Eastbourne (3), CUL Maps.C.88.87.1 [1879]; BLML Maps 5460(14), BOL C17:70 Eastbourne (6), CUL Maps.88.90.1 [1900: pb Oakden].

Industry:

timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Outer fences only.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25-mile.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Above sea level.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560

1874

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560