Gloucestershire-Clifton-1849 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23374

Map Date:

1849

Repository reference:

Bristol Record Office [facsimile]

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Clifton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST570730

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 5773

Map title:

'Plan of Clifton, 1849.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from facsimile, possibly somewhat enlarged, with title in red.

Scale:

1:7500

Map-maker:

G.C. Ashmead [dr], S. Hall, Bury St, B. [eng], J. Chilcott, Clare Strt., Bristol [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.5 x 38.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Bonding Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

blind, dispensaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Old City Boundary.

Known copies of map:

Bristol Library B.8868, B.8870 [1846]; Bristol Library B.32114, B.32115 [1849]; [BL 10351.bb.6: no map], Bristol Library B.8870 [1853: sic].

Industry:

ship yards

River and foreshore features:

springs

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Proposed Suspension Bridge.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown: Including Zig Zag.

Ferries:

ferry

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1879-82

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560