Sussex-Worthing-1877
CBTM:
20786
Map Date:
? 1877
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5460 (6)
Historic county:
Sussex
Town name:
Worthing
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
TQ150030
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
TQ 0907
Map title:
'J.S. Smith's map of Worthing'.
Comments on map:
BM RD 15 AUG 1877 green: looks very much like a transcript from Ordnance Survey.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
Lund & Son, Surveyors &c, Worthing [author], Robt. J. Cook & Hammond Lith. Westminster [lith], J.S. Smith, Worthing [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.3 x 46.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
other: Churches, public buildings, hotels etc named in red.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
building infill omitted
Mills:
windmills
Water transport infrastructure:
groynes, piers, misc: Life Boat House.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5460(6), BOL C17:70 Worthing (1), CUL Maps.88.87.4 [1877]; Worthing Library ['c.1880': photo]; CUL S696.b.94.54 [1949: in H. Smail, The Worthing map story, 1949].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
misc: Institute.
Borders:
distance-graduated type
Post and telegraphs:
letter-boxes
Reference system:
squaring: 0.25-mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1875
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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