An Accurate Map of the County of Sussex Divided into its Rapes, Deanries 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 erected &c /
Bowen, Emanuel,-1767.
Bowen, Emanuel,-1767.
Hinton J.
London : I.Hinton, at the Kings Arms in St Pauls Church yard,
1749.
Relief shown pictorially.
County subdivisions outlined in colour.
The map shows the towns, rivers, roads, religious divisions, churches and distances between places.
Title in a cartouche in the top left hand corner, with a surveyor and a putti with a theodolite.
In the top right hand corner, dedication with coat of arms : "To His Grace Algernon Duke of Somerset, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum for the County of Sussex. This Map is humble Dedicated by His Grace's most Obedr. & most devoted Servt. Eman. Bowen"
A list of Earls of Sussex on the right of the dedication. Lists of rectories next to the insets
Two insets with varying scales : "The Ichnography of Lewes". - 10,5 x 12 cm. ; "The Ichnography of Chichester". - Scale [ca. 1:9.300], with scale indicator : 30 Perches [= 2,3 cm]. - 12,5 x 12 cm.
Two views of town landscapes at the bottom of the map : "The North Prospect of Chichester". - 7,6 x 18,5 cm. ; "The South Prospect of Lewes". - 6,7 x 19,5 cm.
Explanation at the bottom, in a frame of sea shells and animals, with allegorical figures of the winds at the top.
All around the maps, places are annotated with local historical and geographical facts.
Erratum in the bottom left hand corner.
North up. Marginal grid. Longitude from London. Scale indicator : "British Statute Miles 69 to a degree,15 " [= 12.4 cm].
Later editions in 1753,1760,1765,1767,1775 and 1785.
In The Large English Atlas... by Eman.Bowen, 35.