Gloucestershire-Bristol-1833
CBTM:
18887
Map Date:
1.5.1833
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] T72/12
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 Bristol and its suburbs, reduced from the original survey of the late J. Plumley, with additions by Geo. C. Ashmead.'
Comments on map:
TNA [PRO] T72/12 copy has had parishes added in manuscript.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
J. Plumley [sv], George C. Ashmead [sv, rv, pb], E.Turrell [eng], J. Gardner, 163 Regent St, London [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.5 x 63.5 [overall: plate 78.0 x 64.5].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
symbols and abbreviations
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks: With various yards including Nova Scotia yard and Bonding Yard.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: [Coal and Oil gas works]; a few named out-of-town wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, misc: Fry's House of Mercy.
Education and academic:
schools, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: City.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 5045(2), Maps 5045(10), BOL C17:70 Bristol e.1, Bristol Library B.21965, B.29599, TNA [PRO] T72/12 [1833]; BLML Maps 5045 (11), Bristol Library B.34877, B.34878, CUL Maps.c.18.G.250 [1846]; Bristol Library B.13951, CUL Maps.aa.18.G.53, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/145 [1:9:55]; CUL Maps.b.18.G.33 [1871: E. Weller [eng], G.C. Ashmead [pb]: corr to 1871]; Bristol Library B.34531, B.34532 [1882].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, glass, metallurgical processing, ship yards, rope walk, textiles
River and foreshore features:
springs
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Ancient Encampments, Roman Encampment.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: 'Clifton and the Hot Wells'.
Relief:
slopes shown
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Site of suspension bridge, named gates to Durdham Down.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Ferries:
ferry
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds: [At Redland].
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Rooms.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: Special shading for hotels, as indicated in legend.
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Around Clifton gorge.
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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