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Sussex-Hastings-1824

CBTM:
22379
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
BL 2368.d.15
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Hastings
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ825095
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 7811
Map title:
'Plan of the town and port of Hastings.'
Comments on map:
F.p. [1] in W.G. Moss, The history and antiquities of the town and port of Hastings, London: Moss, Simpkin, Marshall; Hastings: West. Moss is described as 'Draughtsman to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge'.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
W.G. Moss, Kensington [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.7 x 19.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): Several.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BL 2368.d.15 [Exeter 22379], also L.P. G.1786, CUL E.24.20, TNA [PRO] Library [Exeter 19371].
Antiquities:
Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [Two, on the fringe].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Anachronistic scrolly-ships-poop type.
Relief:
cliffs: [Including crags around Castle].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Symbolic elements:
Surrounding arms are nmunicipal regalia, crown with ships' sails, anchor and flags: a much more elaborate effect than the map.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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