Sussex-Lewes-1799
CBTM:
23334
Map Date:
21.5.1799
Repository reference:
RGS England & Wales S/S.2
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:
'...Ichnography, of Lewes...'
Scale:
1:4752
Map-maker:
James Edwards, 22 Belvidere Place, Borough Rd [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.7 x 28.0 [plate 44.0 x 29.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively, (pictorial): Only Anglican pictorial.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
RGS Eng & Wales S/S 2 [513088]; BOL (E) C17:58(101) [1970: HMF/Phillimore: 250 yrs].
Industry:
textiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Priory ruins.
Landowners and occupiers:
misc: [Three: rationale unclear].
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on tomb-like slab, with urn on top, being read by a rather angular-looking sheep.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
In cartouche: town in background, rather stylised.
Relief:
shown partially: [Castle and Malling hills, but no hint that Friers Lane, e.g., runs at the foot of a hill].
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Retail activity:
limited range: [Library and Printing Office].
Walls, embankments, etc:
Fences and hedges.
Dedicee of map:
Sir Henry Blackman.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, coffee houses: [Coffee-house].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1872-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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