Old maps of West Sussex

Maps of West Sussex

Brighton and Worthing - OS One-Inch Map

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Chichester - OS One-Inch Map

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London passenger transport map

Ordnance Survey

Midhurst 8

1 : 31680 The counties of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex are separated by a red dashed boundary line in this map of the South Downs and the River Rother Valley. Archaeological details are recorded at Duncton Beacon and Irons Barrow even though such documentation did not become obligatory until 1816. Trees and woodland dominate this undulating landscape. Individual trees with a small vertical stem and a shadow at the base are painstakingly drawn, as well as more general, stippled representations of tree tops en masse. The detailed representation of woodland highlights the military emphasis of the survey: trees could hinder or hide the movement of a regiment. The paper bears the watermark '1903.' Budgen, Charles

West Grinstead

1 : 31680 The ochre-coloured Roman road, Stane Street, runs from Pulborough at the bottom left of the map to Rudgwick at the top right. Windmills proliferate throughout the area and are represented in elevation. The physical condition of the plan is poor and place names are difficult to read because the manuscript is dirty, worn and ripped. Budgen, Thomas

Brighton (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Brighton (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Chichester (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Chichester (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Horsham (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Horsham (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Arundel 8

1 : 31680 The Ordnance Survey took particular care in plotting the south coast of England, as this was the area most immediately vulnerable to invasion. This plan notes military barracks at Selsea, Aldwick and Bognor to the bottom right of the plan. Buildings are blocked in red and black ink and infilled at Chichester, in the centre of the plan, and Arundel, at the right. A poor house and pest house are located a considerable distance beyond the boundaries of Chichester.

Steyning

1 : 31680 This plan presents a seciton of the South Downs coastline from Littlehampton at the bottom left to Old Shoreham at bottom right. The meandering River Arun forms the left-hand boundary. Produced against the background of the Napoleonic Wars, the drawing shows the vulnerable south coast heavily defended against invasion. Barracks are noted at Littlehampton, near Arundel Bridge and Steyning. The draughtsman has recorded the iron-age hill fort at Cissbury Ring and the foundations of a Roman-British temple at Chanctonbury Ring, even though the documentation of archaeological details did not become obligatory until 1816. Budgen, Thomas

Haslemere (Outline) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Haslemere (Hills) - OS One-Inch Revised New Series

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Cuckfield 16

1 : 21120 This drawing is in very poor condition and difficult to interpret. Field boundaries are recorded. Relief is indicated by cross-hatching and shading, with the summits of inclines left bare, to give an impression of the undulating landscape.

Lewes

1 : 31680 .This plan of the South Downs coastline runs from Kingston by Sea at the bottom left to Telscombe at the bottom right., The,vulnerable south coast was heavily defended against invasion., Barracks are recorded at New Shoreham and Lewes, with a series of batteries at Brighthelmston., The draughtsman also documented Anglo-Saxon defensive mounds at Poor Man's Wall and the Devil's Dyke, even though the recording of archaeological details did not become obligatory until 1816. Budgen, Thomas

Ditchling

1 : 31680 This plan of the Sussex Weald shows Cowfold and Henfield to the left, with Fetching and Newick to the right. The map is in very poor condition and difficult to read. Field boundaries are recorded, with disconnected pencil strokes indicating relief ('hachures') only faintly discernible. Budgen, Thomas

Chiddingfold

1 : 31680 .A turnpike road, coloured ochre yellow, forms a boundary from Hascombe at the top right of the map to 'Aldfold' at the bottom. Common land and dense woodland dominate the region to the left around Hindhead Valley and the Devil's Punchbowl.Commonland is indicated by open dotting. Woods and trees could provide hindrance or cover for the movement of a regiment, so these are recorded in painstaking detail. Individual trees are depicted with a small vertical stem and a shadow at the base. There are also more general representations of groups of treetops. Budgen, Thomas

East Grinstead 19

1 : 31680 A blue watercolour wash has been used here to describe relief, with the summits of hills left bare. Dense forestation in the area is indicated by rashes of small trees. Main communication routes are coloured buff-yellow, conforming to military cartographic convention. A red pecked line describes the county boundary.

TQ33 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ32 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ31 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ23 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ30 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ22 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ21 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ13 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ20 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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TQ12 - OS 1:25,000 Provisional Series Map

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