Gloucestershire-Bristol-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23375

Map Date:

? 1853

Repository reference:

Bristol Record Office [facsimile]

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:

'Lavars's new map of Bristol & Clifton.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from facsimile, possibly with some change of scale. '1849' written at top.

Scale:

1:13,333*

Map-maker:

Lavars, 18 Bridge St, Bristol [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

38.5 x 26.5 [overall: map 31.2 x 24.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Bonding Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

misc.: Armoury.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library 2472, 19349 [loose?], 10749, 31484 [1853: in Scammell & Co., Bristol Directory]; Bristol RO [facsimile].

Industry:

glass, ship yards, misc: Floor Cloth Manufactory.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, passenger stations: Outer fences only.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 2.0-inch: lettered, to correspond to lists of buildings to left and right.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560