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Kitchin's Sussex 1763


 

Contents
Introduction 
The whole map 
Index sheet to parts of the map 
Gazetteer, place names 
Map features 
Thomas Kitchin 
Other maps 
Introduction
MAP BACKGROUND

Map Title: A New Map of Sussex. Drawm from the best Authorities By Thos Kitchin Geogr. Engraver to H.R..H., the Duke of York. British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree 14 - 43 mm. Compass. Remarks. Longitude 10' (2'), latitude 10' (2')
Book Title: Kitchin's English atlas: or, a compleat set of maps of all the counties of England and Wales … The whole engraved… from drawings after actual surveys and other best authorities. By Thomas Kithen, geographer to His Royal Highness, the Duke of York. London, J. Dodsley, 1765.

This map was based on an earlier map of Sussex made by Emanuel Bowen.

It is part of the collection of the West Sussex Records Office, and has the identity number PM68.
 
Thomas Kitchin
 Thomas Kitchin, an engraver and publisher from c.1738 to 1776, held the appointment of Hydrographer to the King. His output was prolific. He engraved the maps of the British and French dominions in North Maerica by John Mitchell (1755), which was used at the peace coucil at the end of the revolutionary war. In his later years he worked with his son (hence senior after his name in the c. 1755 edition of the Small English Atlas). He died in 1784. His name is sometimes spelled Kitchen.
References : D. Kingsley. Printed Maps of Sussex, 1575-1900. Sussex Record Society, Volume 72. PRuduced by Alan Sutton Publishing limited. 17a Brunswick Road, Gloucester.
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