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Sussex-Hastings-1824

CBTM:
19371
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
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:
In W.G. Moss, The history and antiquities of the town and port of Hastings, London: Moss, etc, 1824, f.p.1. Moss is described as 'Draughtsman to His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge'.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
William G. Moss, Kennington [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.3 x 19.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial)
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 2368.d.15 [Exeter 22379], also L.P. G.1786, CUL E.24.20, TNA [PRO] Library [Exeter 19371].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Two only].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Symbolic elements:
Town regalia etc decorate arms: including an anchor.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
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