Sussex-Eastbourne-1890
CBTM:
20736
Map Date:
12.1890
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5460 (8)
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:
'Farncombe & Co's map of Eastbourne, corrected to Decr. 1890.'
Comments on map:
Very similar to the Bartholomew mapping [Exeter 18996]: might be derived from this rather than from Ordnance Survey.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Farncombe & Co, Lithographers, Eastbourne [lith, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.3 x 35.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Sanitary and utility information:
electricity works, gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds, misc.: Wish Tower, Grand Redoubt.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5460(8), BOL C17:70 Eastbourne (7), CUL Maps.88.89.1.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5 mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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
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