Sussex-Hastings-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22405

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

Hastings Public Library, Local Studies Section

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

Comments on map:

Recorded from photographic copy with St Leonards part truncated. Appears to be straightforward derivative from Gant's mapping [Exeter 22344, 22406]. Dated 'late 1850s' by Hastings library.

Scale:

1:12,000*

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

54 x 27 [estimated].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

Hastings Library [photo: incomplete].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown, misc: [Mostly isolated ones away from building, probably market gardens]; Strawberry Gardens.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle.

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560