Sussex-Hastings-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22344

Map Date:

4.1855

Repository reference:

CUL Ll.16.110

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:

'Plan of Hastings and St Leonards, shewing the principal altitudes. From a true survey by William S. Gant, Hastings, April 1855'.

Comments on map:

F.t.p. in Hastings past and present, Hastings: Diplock, London: Smith, 1855.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

William S. Gant, Hastings [sv], William Diplock, Hastings [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

54.2 x 31.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

coastguard

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: St Leonards.

Known copies of map:

CUL Ll.16.110 [original], Hastings Library [photo].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground: [170 Acres Site for 56 detached Villas: at St Leonards].

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Given to 0.01 ft, 'Datum

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560