Author: Mary McKean
The Block House at Brighthelmstone in Sussex
BPC00020 Copperplate line engraving by Hawkins, published by Messrs Hogg, Paternoster Row, London 1795. This is the third edition of the plate. It was first published in The Antiquities of England and... Read More
The Aquarium Brighton (The Tanks)
BPC00016 Not in Images of Brighton Steel engraving by J S & Co. Numbered 2269 in the publisher’s reordering catalogue. Read more about the history of the Aquarium: BPC00015 All images of the Aqu... Read More
Sussex the Chain Pier (detail of ‘Sussex’) (Map)
BPC00007 Many county maps, like View of Sussex, were illustrated with small vignettes of important buildings. Obviously the Pavilion was a favourite choice, but in this map of Sussex the Chain Pier is... Read More
Plan of Brighton and its Environs including the Recent Improvements
BPC00006 There is a close-up view of this image. Click here if you would like to look at the detail. Published in W Saunders’ Stranger’s Guide to Brighton, being A Complete Companion to that Fash... Read More
Map from ‘Stranger in Brighton’ guide
BPC00003 Map from Baxter’s Stranger in Brighton guide, published 1824, but the map, by W. Belch, is dated 1822. The map shows the west side of Church Hill that is now the residential area of Powis ... Read More
The New and Correct Map of Brighthelmstone
BPC00002 by Thomas Budgen 1788. At this date the route we know as Church Street is called Spring Walk, and Mighell’s Field (to the right of the map) is where Grand Parade will later stand. Today the... Read More
Map of Brighthelmstone
BPC00001 There is a close-up view of this image: click here to see the detail Map of Brighthelmstone surveyed by Yeakell & Gardner, copperplate engraving by Whitchurch, published by R. Thomas, Bri... Read More