Sussex-Hastings-1880
CBTM:
21349
Map Date:
? 1880
Repository reference:
BL 10350.bbb.35
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:
'Parsons' new map of Hastings and St Leonards.'
Comments on map:
In Parsons' illustrated guide to Hastings, St Leonards, and environs, Hastings: Parsons [n.d., but p.10 indicates the date as 1880]. Map content appears to be derived from OS: cf foreshore and rural field boundaries. Scale measures about 6.1 inches to 1 mile.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
[Parsons [pb].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
61.2 x 40.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
piers
Sanitary and utility information:
pumping stations, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, misc: Parliamentary.
Known copies of map:
BL 10350.bbb.35 [original]; Hastings Library [photo].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, timber, uncertain: Steam Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
cliffs
Borders:
decorative
Monuments:
memorials: [Albert Memorial].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 1.5-inch/0.25-mile.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Two in bottom margin: presumably the two towns (three lions, and a fouled anchor)].
Cemeteries:
shown
Retail activity:
publisher of map
Miscellaneous physical features:
Caves [with eyebrow symbol].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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