Gloucestershire-Bristol-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20416

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5045 (12)

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' new & improved map of Bristol and Clifton'.

Comments on map:

'Printed in Colors'. Comprehensive reference to public buildings: one heading is 'Romanists'. Undated: BLML 1967 catalogue suggests c.1858.

Scale:

1:8280

Map-maker:

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

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60.7 x 44.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, boundaries, transport., other: Undeveloped areas green, municipal boundary, railways and public buildings pink, larger trees infilled, smaller trees shadowed, in dark green: all colour-printed, though register is not especially good.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, wharfs, misc: Bonding Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works: [Including oil gas].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, sailors, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5045(12).

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, glass, ship yards, rope walk, textiles, uncertain, misc: Mill; Coal Yards.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Excursion Platform; [Coal Wharf].

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Bower Halls [in gothic].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Business & commercial:

misc: Commercial Rooms.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560