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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1885

CBTM:
21043
Map Date:
[1885]
Repository reference:
Herefordshire RO open access
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Clifton, Bristol
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST 585730
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 5773
Map title:
'Kelly's map of Bristol.'
Comments on map:
In Kelly's Directory of the City of Bristol, Gloucestershire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, London: Kelly, 1885, f.p. 1 of Bristol section.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Kelly & Co., London & Kingston [lith], Kelly & Co., Directory Offices, 51 Gt Queen St, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, W.C. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
56.5 x 49.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings (many probably chapels) shown but not named.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks: Crane, Cattle Pens.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Fountain.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Numerous buildings (many probably chapels) shown but not named.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, volunteer parade grounds, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Parliamentary divisions.
Known copies of map:
Herefordshire RO, open access [1885]; Bristol RO ['c.1855': facsimile]; BL PP.2505.yck(4) [theoretically 1892, 1894, 1897: only 1891 listed, only 1892 located, without map: published 1889, 1891, 1892, 1894, 1897, 1902...]; Bristol Library B.34548 [1900.c].
Industry:
engineering, ship yards: [Ship Cradles].
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks, zoological gardens
Relief:
prominent hills: [Clifton gorge, Brandon Hill].
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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