Sussex-Winchelsea-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19370

Map Date:

[1850]

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] Library

Historic county:

Sussex

Town name:

Winchelsea

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

TQ905175

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

TQ 9119

Map title:

'A map of the antient town of Winchelsea, Sussex. MDCCLXIII. By Charles Stephens.'

Comments on map:

In William Durrant Cooper, The history of Winchelsea, London: Smith, and Hastings: Osborne, 1850, frontispiece. Scale is about 1 inch to 9.55 chains.

Scale:

1:7440

Map-maker:

Charles Stephens [sv], J. Basire [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.4 x 19.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, other: Crypts (by + signs).

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial)

Water transport infrastructure:

wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

liberty: [St Leonards liberty].

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Sussex 8o 7, CUL Ll.14.41, TNA [PRO] Library [1850]; G.A.Sussex 8o 956 [1986: facsimile ed].

Miscellaneous:

Numbered 'Squares or Quarters'

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560