Gloucestershire-Bristol-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

16014

Map Date:

1855

Repository reference:

Bristol City Archives Ashmead Map 1-105

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Clifton, Bristol

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST585730

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5773

Comments on map:

Bristol Archives dates the map 1874, but in fact it is 1855, 'Corrected to 1874', this last being in darker ink; paper is J. Whatman 1854. A peculiarity is that where there is no detail on the map face, the adjoining sheet numbers are inside the run of the neatline, which bends inward in a semi-circle. Buildings added after 1855 can sometimes be identified by the lack of house numbers or names and basement levels. There are 105 ordinary sheets plus three 'A' sheets.

Scale:

1:600

Map-maker:

Geo. C. Ashmead & Son [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

95 x 64 [x 105] + 95 x 102 + 95 x 90 + 96 x 104 [standard size 35.9 x 23.9 inches; sheet 99 is nearly square, with 36 x 36 mapped area, sheet 100 is similar, 36 x 33.5, sheet 104 is 36 x 34.75].

Number of parts:

108

Legends:

altitude information

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, water, land-use, utilities, other: Only turnpike roads coloured; schools and orphanages infilled lilac; some 'greens' coloured green in city centre.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, public buildings emphasised, archways, bay windows, steps to buildings

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, misc: Bonding Yard, Cattle Lairs.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, sewers, misc: Wash Houses, Drinking Fountain; sewers include Main Sewer High Level, sometimes dotted along roads (with flow-arrows), solid through gardens into houses; sewers mostly in red, some in blue; a few approximate depths noted.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

volunteer parade grounds, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, misc: Asylum, Soup House, Industrial Dwellings.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Tennis Court.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, misc, boundary markers: Old city boundary.

Known copies of map:

Bristol City Archives Ashmead Map 1-105.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, oil/soap etc, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Shot Manufactory, Floor Cloth Manufactories, Manure Works, Kilns, Tobacco Warehouse, Coach Manufactory; includes Horse Slaughter Houses.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: Tunnel, Tank, footbridge, Carriage Shed, Booking Office, Refreshment Room, railway companies' offices.

River and foreshore features:

springs, misc: New course of the River Avon.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms: Includes Turkish Baths; Circus [round building].

Parkland:

zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits: Pit 250 fathoms in red.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Zig Zag Walk, road Viaduct, Suspension Bridge [clear evidence of scraping to add this].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Sugar House.

Street tramways:

stables

Business & commercial:

[Guildhall Chambers].

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Including Hotel Stables.

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, basement levels, spot heights, other: Spot heights and bench marks, to 0.01 ft, basement levels, street intersection levels, altitude to 'top of hatch'.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560