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Gloucestershire-Bristol-1887

CBTM:
19031
Map Date:
[1887]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Bristol.'
Comments on map:
In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 110, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 113, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 113, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 115. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]
Scale:
1:20,000
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.7 x 14.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.
Road names:
generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BL 10108.d.13, 10108.ccc.15 [1887]; BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 1887, f.p. 110, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 113, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 113, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 115].
Industry:
ship yards
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms: [Baths include 'Turk. Baths'].
Parkland:
public parks, zoological gardens
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 2.5 cm squaring.
Street tramways:
routes shown
Ordnance Survey's
1879-82
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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