Old OS Map of Sussex in 1901 by Bartholomew - Brighton, Hastings, South Downs, Arundel Castle, Beachy Head

A dispute with the Ordnance Survey over the use of its name forced John George Bartholomew to rename his popular reduced survey maps in 1901, dropping "Ordnance" from the title of what would soon become known simply as the Half Inch to the Mile series, aimed squarely at the growing market of cyclists and tourists exploring the English countryside by bicycle and train. This Sussex sheet, drawn to a scale of half an inch to the mile, was one of the earliest issued under the revised branding.

Brighton and Hastings are marked along the coast as the county's principal resorts, with Beachy Head rising at the eastern end of the chalk cliffs nearby. The South Downs cross the sheet from west to east, and Arundel Castle is marked inland above the River Arun, standing near the western edge of the map's coverage. Bartholomew's characteristic layered colouring, which used graded bands of green and brown to indicate height above sea level, appears throughout the sheet, a technique that set his firm's maps apart from the plainer hachuring used on comparable Ordnance Survey sheets of the period.

The layered relief colouring that made Bartholomew's maps recognisable at a glance is reproduced here in full, making a fitting gift for a Brighton or Hastings regular, or anyone who loves the South Downs. It is offered unframed across our complete range of sizes.