Gloucestershire-Bristol-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18492

Map Date:

[1857]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7

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:

'Clifton and Bristol'.

Comments on map:

In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further notes on dating, etc, see under the Exeter map [Exeter 18257]. Hairlines, etc, visible on this copy.

Scale:

1:9000

Map-maker:

J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr & engr illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.8 x 35.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not named.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks: [Extensive docks].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs: Including Oilgas Works.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

blind

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 41.d.5, Bristol Library B.12358, B.15428, B.28998, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [original]; Bristol Library B.31896/7, B.32110, RGS Eng & Wales S.669 [Whitehall Press, 1978]; BOL G1 C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, ship yards, misc: Floor Cloth Manufactory.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Antiquities:

Roman encampment.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On right-hand half: six vignettes of local scenes and buildings.

Borders:

decorative

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560