Sussex-Hastings-1859 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20741

Map Date:

1.1859

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5460 (3)

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:

'Map of Hastings & St Leonards from actual survey showing all the recent alterations & improvements by John Laing Borough Surveyor January 1859.'

Comments on map:

'Published by desire of the Mayor and Corporation of Hastings and under the patronage of the Nobility, Clergy & Resident Gentry'.

Scale:

1:5280

Map-maker:

John Laing, Borough Surveyor [sv], Litho. Waterlow & Sons London [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

121.0 x 59.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills

Water transport infrastructure:

navigation aids, misc: Life Boat House.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: L.B.H. Ash Yard.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Defence and military:

coastguard, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Archery Ground.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, boundary markers: [Boundary stones].

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5460(3), CUL Maps.88.85.3 [original], Hastings Library [photo].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Towers:

tower: [On shore at west of St Leonards: martello?].

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous physical features:

Caves.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Roman Catholic Convent.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: To 0.1 ft. Datum is low water springs, and rise and fall of tides is 22 feet.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897-8

1:2500

1:10,560