Gloucestershire-Bristol-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22331

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.62.90.5

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Clifton, Bristol

Map type:

advertising

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST585730

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5773

Map title:

'Map of Bristol.'

Comments on map:

An advertising map, pretty minimal. Letterpress lists 'Places of interest' on left, and 'Business addresses' on right: these include a 'Motor Expert', so CUL's dating of c.1900 may be a little early.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Edward Everard, Printer & Lithographer, 38 Broad St, Bristol [pr], Sharp & Co., Advertising Contractors, 33 Queen's Rd, Clifton [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.0 x 47.0 [overall: map area 48.7 x 40.3].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Round spots for places of interest, square spots for businesses.

Colouring:

advertising, transport., other: Red: tramways (inferred), round spots for places of interest, square spots for businesses; one advertiser.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, R

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.62.90.5.

Industry:

bricks/tiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 1.5-inch.

Ferries:

ferry

Towers:

tower: [Cabot Tower].

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

advertisers on map, publisher of map

Street tramways:

routes shown: Tramways inferred from red.

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560