Gloucestershire-Bristol-1784
CBTM:
20409
Map Date:
1784
Repository reference:
BLML Maps* 5045 (25)
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 of Bristol delineated from actual survey by Benjamin Donne.'
Comments on map:
At bottom of map is list of other publications by Donne, with prices. [Recorded from fourth edition, 1784.]
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
Benjamin Donne [sv, pb], Messrs Galabin & Baker, Ingram Court, Fenchurch St, London [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
43.0 x 30.7 [overall: map 32.3 x 24.9].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Bridges, ferries, glass houses.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Dry Docks.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
county
Known copies of map:
BOL Gough Maps Gloucestershire 12, Bristol Library B.23070, CUL Maps.bb.17.G.85 [1773]; Bristol RO [1773: reduced facsimile]; Bristol Library B.23549, B.23575 [1954: facsimile]; Bristol Library B.32132 [1979: facsimile]; CUL Maps.bb.17.G.129 [ed 3, 1782]; BLML Maps* 5045(25), Bristol Library B.26739, B.29581, B.29349 [ed 4, 1784]; CUL Maps.bb.62.78.1 [ed '4', 1786]; BLML Maps* 5045(6) [1787]; CUL Maps.d.17.G.7 [1791, '1:7920'].
Industry:
glass, misc: Turpentine Houses.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Round dedication: restrained.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 1-furlong.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
'...the Booksellers of Bristol and Bath who have encouraged this Publication...'
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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