Gloucestershire-Bristol-1897 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23393

Map Date:

? 1897

Repository reference:

Bristol Library, reference section, B.3105

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:] 'Map of Bristol. 1897.', [map:] 'Map of Bristol'.

Comments on map:

Appears to be a straightforward derivative of Ordnance Survey 1:10,560: built-up area completely generalised.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

Lavars & Co, Litho, 51 Broad St, Bristol [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

86.0 x 72.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, boundaries: Buildings grey in built-up area: otherwise without infill.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Washhouses.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: St John's cross.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library B.3105. Bristol Library 19178, 27214 [n.d.: same title: ? 20th century]

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, metallurgical processing, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Works, Steam Laundry.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Landowners and occupiers:

corporation/municipal, fragmentary owners: [A few municipal or charitable ownerships outside city].

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On left: continuation of borough to river mouth, 1:63,360.

Relief:

cliffs

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

statues

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560