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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1852

CBTM:
21061
Map Date:
[1852]
Repository reference:
BL PP.2505.ycx
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:
'Mathews's improved map of Bristol, Clifton, &c'.
Comments on map:
Facing title page of Mathew's annual Bristol and Clifton Directory and Almanack: 1852, Bristol, Matthew Mathews.
Scale:
1:21,120*
Map-maker:
Mathews [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
21.2 x 16.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, misc: Bonding Yard.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
blind
Education and academic:
observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL PP.2505.ycx.
Industry:
ship yards, uncertain: Manufy.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Antiquities:
Roman Encampments.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: 'Plan of proposed new dock at the mouth of the Avon.'
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ferries:
ferry
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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