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Sussex-Eastbourne-1897

CBTM:
20738
Map Date:
? 1897
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5460 (10)
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:
'Bird's eye view of Eastbourne.'
Comments on map:
'Engraved expressly for John Davis' Guide to Eastbourne': letterpress advertisements round edge, and on back [obscured]: BLML 1967 catalogue dates it 1897. Closer to a scale plan than its title suggests.
Scale:
1:5000*
Map-maker:
John Davis [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.3 x 24.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised: All buildings pictorial.
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
misc.: Wish Tower.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5460(10).
Industry:
food/drink: [Brewery with chimney].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: With platform canopies and train setting off (with cabless 2-2-2 and Hornby-looking carriages).
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Band Stand [pictorial].
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Numerous closely-written names in town centre].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Retail activity:
limited range: Mostly names rather than types of business.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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