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Sussex-Lewes-1824

CBTM:
21304
Map Date:
1.3.1824
Repository reference:
East Sussex Record Office AMS 6008/3/6/3, /4
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 borough of Lewes, with the cliff and Southover, from an actual survey, by J. Marchant.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopies. For Harefield's History of Lewes.
Scale:
1:5400
Map-maker:
J. Marchant [sv], Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng], John Baxter [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41 x 26
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Record Room.
Penal:
jails/reformatories: With Tread Mill.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
East Sussex RO AMS 6008/3/6/3-4.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, paper/print, textiles
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Miscellaneous:
Dripping Pan [hachured: is Mount Field on Exeter 21303].
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Monastic remains, Scite of the old Pigeon House, Scite of Antioch Street.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: castle.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: [Chalk Pits].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Arable land indicated on fringes.
Ordnance Survey's
1872-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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