COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211256
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C357
Image Title:
Sussex
Parent Work Title:
An accurate map of the county of Sussex. Divided into its Rapes, Deaneries and Hundreds. Drawn from surveys shewing (amongst various improvements not extant in any other map) what parishes are rectories, and what vicarages; where charity schools have been errected &c.
Creator:
Bowen, Emanuel, -approximately 1767
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1760
Description:
Map: Sussex. Coloured map with latitude and longitude marked around the edge. The map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Boundaries are denoted by coloured lines. Top left is a large ornate cartouche containing the title and the words: 'By Eman Bowen, Geogr. to his Majesty'. This is decorated with figures carrying out surveying work. Around the map are paragraphs giving statistical and historical data about the area and the various seats of nobility. Centre top is a map of Chichester with a lettered key to significant features. In the top right corner another ornate cartouche contains the dedication: 'To his Grace Algernon Duke of Somerset, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum & Lord Lieutenant of the County of Sussex, This map is humbly dedicated by His Grace's most obedt. & most devoted servt. Eman Bowen'. Lower right is a compass rose and a scale bar showing: 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Bottom right is a large sketch of the South prospect of Lewes. Bottom centre is an 'Explanation' of the symbols used. Bottom right is a large sketch of the North prospect of Chichester. Printed along the bottom is: 'London. Printed for Robt. Sayers, in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhill, & Carrington Bowles in St Pauls Church Yard.'
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Sussex
Item Height:
550 mm
Item Width:
740 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
