Sussex-Lewes-1749 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20186

Map Date:

1749

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.XLII.6

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Lewes

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ414101

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 4011

Map title:

'The ichnography of Lewes'.

Comments on map:

Inset on county map, 1:190,080, which also includes Chichester [Exeter 18348], and vignettes and verbal descriptions of both towns.

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

Eman. Bowen, Geographer to His Majesty [author], I. Hinton, Kings Arms, St Pauls Churchyard, London [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.0 x 10.6 [inset only: main map 69.2 x 50.7].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial): Pictograms.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: With ramparts.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

[1749, Hinton]; CUL Atlas.1.75.1,47 [1753]; West Sussex RO, PM 113 [1756, Tinney]; BOL Dep.a.19 [1760, Tinney]; [1765, Sayer]; [1777, Sayer]; West Sussex RO PM 44 [1785, Sayer]; BOL C17:58(1) [1787: Sayer, Wilkinson, Bowles]; [1767/94?, Wilkinson etc]; BLML K.Top XLII.6.

Gardens:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

South prospect: at bottom of main map.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Wheel-like thing in south-east might be a watermill, but it seems a little distant from water.

Dedicee of map:

[Main map:] Duke of Somerset [Lord Lieutenant, etc, of Sussex].

Ordnance Survey's

1872-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560