Gloucestershire-Bristol-1883 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21463

Map Date:

[? 1883]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4.e.11

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:

'Plan of Bristol'.

Comments on map:

Plate 65 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d. [BM RD blue 24 Nov 1883].

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

[G.W. Bacon [pr, pb].]

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.0 x 30.5 [map: 49.2 x 31.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, postal, transport: Churches (St John's cross], Chapels [rectangles], Romanist Builds [double St Johns cross], Schools [S], Prisons [open rectangle], Post Pillars (circle), Alsmshouses (A), Hospitals (H), Public Builds, Tramways. [Small multiple circles, e.g. at Triangle, are not explained.]

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Landing Stage.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Churches (St John's cross], Chapels [rectangles], Romanist Builds [double St Johns cross].

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library B.27076 ['1870': '1:10,560'] [missing, 2:01]; BLML Maps 11.c.30 [1883: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, BOL C15 c.1, CUL Maps.bb.18.G.118, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 19.c.2, BOL C15 c.3 [1889: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: G.W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1891]; BLML Maps 33.b.32 [1895: G.W. Bacon (ed), Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Relief:

shown partially, cliffs: [One hill].

Post and telegraphs:

letter-boxes

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25-mile.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560