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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1824

CBTM:
19349
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] Library
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:
'Map of the city and suburbs of Bristol 1824.'
Comments on map:
Faces title page of John Evans, A chronological outline of the history of Bristol, and the stranger's guide through its streets and neighbourhood, London: Whitaker, etc, 1825. Not a very refined map, but has about 100 references to churches and public buildings.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
G. Johnson & Son [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.7 x 17.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Great Crane [on quayside], Irish Packet Office.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
misc.: Guard House.
Welfare and charitable:
workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
county: [County of the City].
Known copies of map:
BL 192.b.2, 192.b.3 [1816]; BOL G.A.Glouc.4o 95, Bristol Library B.4646, B.4921, B.11111/2, B.16929, B.21884, '+ others', TNA [PRO] Library, Gloucestershire RO open access [1825].
Industry:
engineering, ship yards, rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Arcades.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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