Gloucestershire-Bristol-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23380

Map Date:

? 1863

Repository reference:

Bristol Library, reference section, B.31483

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:

'Reference map of Bristol and Clifton.'

Comments on map:

Letterpress note beneath: for use with Wright's Commercial and Trade Reference Directory, to which it is cross-referenced: claims it is unique in this. 'Published 1863' written on back in 19th century hand. Evidently wood-engraved.

Scale:

1:20,000*

Map-maker:

Bradbury Wilkinson & Co. London [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.8 x 13.8 [map: 24.3 x 21.3 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but few are named.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, misc: Bonding Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

blind

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library B.31483 [1863: Reference Map: pub Wright]; Bristol Library B.31477 [1864: pb T. Smith: supplement to Western Estates Gazette]; Bristol Library 31480 [1869?: Walter Hughes & Son: reprinted from Wright's Bristol Directory]; Bristol Library B.31482 [1870]; Bristol Library 31481 [1871: Walter Hughes]; Bristol Library B.32949 [1871: Wright: for Bristol directory]]; Bristol Library B.31481 [1871: Wright: 'B. & suburbs'; Bristol Library B.100, B.17828, B.20268, B.32956 [1872: Wright]; B.32957 [1872: Wright]; Bristol Library B.32955 [1875: Wright].

Industry:

engineering, glass, ship yards

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Suspension Bridge.

Reference system:

squaring: 1.33-inch: numbered 1 to 24.

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560