Gloucestershire-Bristol-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21542

Map Date:

[1846]

Repository reference:

BL 10368.bb.49

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:

'A new plan of Bristol, Clifton and the Hot-Wells.'

Comments on map:

f.p. [16] of Chilcott's descriptive history of Bristol, ancient and modern, Bristol: Chilcott [n.d.: preface 1846]. Letterpress reference on p.[16], opposite map.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

S. Hall, Bury Strt, Bloomsbury [eng], J. Chilcott, Clare Strt, Bristol [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

27.8 x 22.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown: Pictorial gates.

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BL 10368.bb.49, BOL G.A.Glouc.16o 50 [1846: in Chilcott's Descriptive History of Bristol]; BOL G.A.Glouc.4O 199 [1844: Bristol's Earliest Photographs, Reece Winstone, 1970].

Industry:

glass, ship yards

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Later additions to original plate.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks: [Savings Bank].

Antiquities:

Roman encampments.

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Houses now building.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560