Gloucestershire-Bristol-1794
CBTM:
20411
Map Date:
1794
Repository reference:
BLML Maps* 5045 (7)
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Clifton, Bristol
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST585730
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5773
Map title:
'Mathews's new and correct plan of the city and suburbs of Bristol. including the Hotwells and Clifton, and the new buildings down to the year 1794, taken from actual survey.'
Comments on map:
Imitation from Donne [Exeter 20409] is to be suspected: cf particularly the legend. Reputedly for directory.
Scale:
1:8640
Map-maker:
Mathews [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
45.5 x 32.3 [plate 46.2 x 32.8].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Bridges, ferries, glass houses.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Dry Docks, Great Crane.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: Guard House.
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
county
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps* 5045(7), BL PP.2505.ycx, BOL Gough Maps 41B Fol 65, Gough Somerset 27, Bristol Library B.21735, CUL 7474.d.3,2 [1794]; Bristol Library B.32528, Gloucester Library [1794/-: facsimiles]; Bristol Library B.32034, B.3178 [1800]; Bristol Library B.15466, B.21881, B.31803, B.32526/7, 'plus others' [1815: ed 3]; Bristol RO [1815: facsimile]; Bristol Library B.3144, B.4890, B.10464/5, B.15481, B.32032 [1819: ed 5]; BLML Maps 5045(9), Bristol Library B.344, B.10466, CUL Maps.bb.18.G.72 [1825: ed 6]; Bristol Library B.8882, B.18343 [1829]; Bristol Library B.28587/8 [1835].
Industry:
glass, rope walk
River and foreshore features:
springs: Jacobs Well.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Equestrian Theatre.
Antiquities:
Roman Camp.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
livery companies, municipal: [Merchants].
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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