Gloucestershire-Bristol-1881 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23391

Map Date:

1881

Repository reference:

Bristol Library, reference section, B.4982

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:

[Cover:] 'Large map and street guide of Bristol & environs', [map:] 'Lavars's new plan of Bristol & Suburbs

Comments on map:

Letterpress index inside cover, at back of which is advertised 'Parish maps, 16 square inches to 1 square mile. These most useful Maps of the 220 Parishes round Bristol, Bath, Wells &c., shewing the fields and nearly every house... Each sheet measures 26 x 34 & contains about 10 Parishes

Scale:

1:9504

Map-maker:

J. Lavars, Litho, 51 Broad St, Bristol [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.5 x 48.8 [overall: map 57.2 x 45.3].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

transport: Railways, tramways.

Colouring:

roads, transport., other: Printed in red: railways, tramways, public buildings; hand-coloured: roads, 'rural' and open spaces.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, wharfs

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Fountain, Washhouses.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

volunteer parade grounds, drill halls, misc.: Recruiting Office, R.N. Training Ship.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, sailors, workhouses, misc: YMCA.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish: [Old and new borough boundaries].

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library B.4982.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, glass, metallurgical processing, ship yards, textiles, misc: Coal Yard, Parafin Stores.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

Bank of England

Antiquities:

Roman Camp.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, Oddfellows, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, working mens, unspecified

Relief:

shown partially: [A few marked slopes].

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits: Also Filled Quarries.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 3.6 x 4.5 ins approximately: letters on map face.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Business & commercial:

misc: Commercial Rooms.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Acreages of Durdham Down within and without the old borough boundary.

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560