Gloucestershire-Bristol-1829
CBTM:
21550
Map Date:
1.4.1829
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 10.cc.20
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:
'... plan of the City of Bristol and its suburbs...'
Comments on map:
Bottom left, below title, noted as commenced in 1813 by the late John Plumley, and completed to 1828 by Ashmead. To right is an extract from the Bristol Dock Act, 1803, concerning the city boundaries.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Plumley, Geo. C. Ashmead [sv], Edwd Turrell, London [eng], Geo. C. Ashmead, 19 Small St, Bristol, and Smith & Son, Mapsellers and Publishers, 172 Strand, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
195 x 150
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Churches, chapels, public buildings, banks, hotels and inns, sugar and glass houses, dwelling houses, crances, public conduits, burial grounds, gardens, nurseries, roads, footpaths, parish and city boundaries.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, house numbers
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, wharfs, misc: Dry docks, Clifton Ark [moored ship?], Floating chapel, pictorial cranes.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, gas works, misc: Named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, blind, dispensaries, infirmaries, orphanages, misc: Fry's House of Mercy.
Education and academic:
schools, observatories: [Clifton Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, misc: Site of proposed cattle market.
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, misc: City.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 10.cc.20, BOL (E) C17:70 Bristol (30), Bristol Library B.8962, CUL Maps.aa.18.G.42,1-6 [originalls]; Bristol Library B.29884/5 [facsimiles]; Bristol Library B.22489 [reduced copy].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Glue, turpentine, parchment, bottles.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Roman Encampment, site of fort erected for Queen Elizabeth's amusement when visiting Bristol in 1574, line of fortifications in 1642, headquarters of Fairfax and Cromwell, 1645.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: 'Plan of Bristol, shewing the original boundaries', including walls and monastic establishments.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Steps.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
Centre right is a table of eight latitudes and longitudes, 'taken from the Grand Trigonometrical Survey'.
Dedicee of map:
Mayor, recorder, aldermen, and Master, Wardens and Commonalty of the Society of Merchant Venturers.
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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