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Sussex-Lewes-1850

CBTM:
21307
Map Date:
? 1850
Repository reference:
East Sussex Record Office Acc.3412/3/429
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Lewes
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ414101
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 4011
Map title:
'Lewes. Circa 1775.'
Comments on map:
Rather a dubious item, but possibly derived from something in the Figg collection. Style suggests mid-19th century. Numerous features identified by number, but no reference available.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
W. Figg F.S.A. [? author], Ashbee & Dangerfield lith 22 Bedford St, Covent Garden [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.5 x 21.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Woodland:
orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
East Sussex RO Acc.3412/3/429.
Industry:
textiles
River and foreshore features:
misc: Pin Well.
Antiquities:
Priory, with subsidiary features named, including Calvary, Lantern, Stew, Pigeon House; Hospital, Site of Windmill, Friars.
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Ordnance Survey's
1872-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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