Sussex-Hastings-1898
CBTM:
20742
Map Date:
? 1898
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5460 (11)
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:
'John & A. Bray's new map of Hastings & St Leonards showing the 10 new municipal wards also the ecclesiastical parishes'.
Comments on map:
BM RD 9 Jun 1898 blue. One of Bacon's more impressive efforts: date code 38H2+.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
Bacon's Geographical Establishment, 127 Strand, London [eng], John & A. Bray, Estate & House Agency, etc, 13 South Colonnade & 2 St John's Road and 28 White Rock, Hastings [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
136 x 96
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries, land-use, transport: Cemeteries, parks, gardens & squares, woods, public & other buildings, railways.
Colouring:
water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, misc: Life Saving Apparatus, Life Boat Ho.
Sanitary and utility information:
electricity works, fire stations, gas works, rubbish destructors, pumping stations, reservoirs, water works, sewage disposal, misc: Drinking Fountain, Fountain, Filter Beds.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Defence and military:
coastguard, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Convalescent Homes, Home for Invalid Ladies.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
auctions, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.D.88.87.2 [1875.c: 1:7920]; East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/4/6 [1882.c: 1:7920]; BLML Maps 11.c.30 [1883: in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles ]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884, in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 72: 1:7920]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: in in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 73: 1:7920]; East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/4/7 1886.c : 1:7920]; East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/4/8 [1886.c: 1:7200]; BLML Maps 19.c.2, BOL C15 c.3 [1889: in New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 78: 1:7920]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: in New Large Scale atlas of the British Isles]; Hastings Library [uncertain: from New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey]; Hastings Library [1892: for Pike's Blue Book series]; BLML Maps 33.b.32: [1895: Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895; BLML Maps 5460(11) [1898.c: pb Bray: 1:5280].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, food/drink, smithing, uncertain, misc: Steam Laundry, Steam Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Suppossed Camp.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, mechanics institutes, working mens
Post and telegraphs:
letter-boxes
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Lift to West Hill.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.25-mile.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Covered Seats.
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile Post with distances.
Miscellaneous physical features:
Entrances to Caves.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only, out-of-town inns only
Stated measuerments:
spot heights
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1872
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897-8
1:2500
1:10,560
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