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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1826

CBTM:
18355
Map Date:
? 1826
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5045 (22)
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 new map of Bristol, Clifton and the Hotwells.'
Comments on map:
Note bottom centre says 'Engraved for Chilcott's Guide to Bristol, Clifton & the Hotwells'. The BLML copy appears in David Smith, Victorian Maps of the British Isles (1986), p.77: Smith says was engraved by William Lander, but there is no evidence for this on the map. Most public buildings numbered: reference not present.
Scale:
1:16,896
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.0 x 14.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, misc: Evident graving docks: boat-shaped, undescribed.
Defence and military:
misc.: Armory.
Public/administrative boundaries:
county
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5045(22), BL 10368.aa.23, Bristol Library B.102, B.1045, B.10425/8, B.212481, BOL G.A.Glouc.16o 51, Gloucestershire RO (open access) [1826]; Bristol Library B.13152, B.16474, B.22244 [1853: W. Lander: new plan of Bristol, Clifton & Hotwells, in A street view of Bristol... by a resident citizen]
Industry:
rope walk
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Antiquities:
Roman Camp.
Symbolic elements:
City arms: above title.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ferries:
ferry
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile distance.
Miscellaneous physical features:
Two prominent hills named.
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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