Gloucestershire-Bristol-1764 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18390

Map Date:

[1764]

Repository reference:

RGS 9.A.38

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Bristol

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST585730

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5773

Map title:

'A plan of the city and suburbs of Bristol.'

Comments on map:

Plate 11 in A collection of plans of the principal cities of Great Britain and Ireland..., London: A. Dury, n.d. [1764]. Long references to churches, public buildings and streets, though not all very readily picked out on map.

Scale:

1:21,120*

Map-maker:

J. Cheevers [eng], A. Dury [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

13.5 x 11.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only: Via reference.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BOL C15 f.1, Gough Maps 143, CUL Atlas.7.76.2, RGS 9.A.38.

Industry:

misc: Mint.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground: Probably residual rather than decorative.

Relief:

slopes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560