Sussex-Hastings-1848
CBTM:
22404
Map Date:
? 1848
Repository reference:
Hastings Public Library, Local Studies Section
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Hastings, St Leonards
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ825095
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 7811
Map title:
'... Hastings and St Leonards... sketch of the ground plan of the sister towns ...'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photographic copy. Dated 1848 by Hastings library. Names in sans-serif italic: additional names in typeset Roman, gummed on, presumably as makeshift revision.
Scale:
1:7040*
Map-maker:
Geo. Curling Hope [author], W.H. Collingridge, 'City Press', Long Lane, London [lith], I. Hope, Marine Library, 1 East Parade, Hastings [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
66.7 x 20.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills, (pictorial): Group of three.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: 'Chalybeate'.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
coastguard
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Hastings Library [photo].
Railways:
routes: Station, on terminal spur near sea front, is 'Building'.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls
Parkland:
misc: Subscription Gardens.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle Ruins.
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [One only].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Relief:
shown partially, cliffs: [One hill].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Three small horse-drawn bathing machines on beach.
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
limited range: ['Libraries'].
Miscellaneous physical features:
Submarine Forest, Caves.
Dedicee of map:
Visitors to the two towns.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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