Somerset-Bath-1610 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18420

Map Date:

1610

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.7.c.20

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Bath

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST750647

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7468

Map title:

'Bathe'.

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Somerset-shire described... with the plott of the famous and most wholsom waters and citie of the Bathe'.

Scale:

1:6336*

Map-maker:

John Speed [author], John Sudbury et George Humble, Popes Head Alley [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.3 x 15.7 [inset].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Penal:

pillory, stocks, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

misc: Tennis courte.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CUL Atlas.2.61.1 [the Gardner Copy: NFP] [1603-11: proof set]; BLML Maps C.7.c.20, BLML Maps C.7.c.5, Bath City RO [1610]; BL K.Top.37.12, BOL Gough Maps 92; BOL Fol BS 275, CUL L*.7.8(AA) [1610-11-12]; BOL C.17 b.10/1, CUL Atlas.3.95.15 [1611/1953: John Arlott (intro), Phoenix House (pub)]; CUL Atlas.2.97.32 [1611/1975.c: N.T. Leslie pb [Rare Books] The English county maps of John Speed]; BL 10351.aaa.55(6), CUL XIX.60.134 [in C.E.Davis, ancient Landmarks of Bath, 1864]; BOL C17 b.13, CUL Atlas.2.95.6 [1614/1957: pb Guildford: Charles Traylen [dated 1955 in some lists]]; BOL Douce S. subt. 50, CUL Atlas 4.61.1 [1616: John Sudbury & Geo Humble]; BOL C15 c.16 [1611/1988 Pavilion/M.Joseph]; CUL Atlas 5.99.222 [1616/1995: reduced facsimile, as 1616/1988]; CUL Atlas.7.62.1, Atlas.7.64.4,2, Syn.7.62.91 [1627: 'described and abridged...': different typesettings]; CUL L*.7.10(A) [1627: A prospect of the most famous parts of the World...]; CUL Atlas.7.95.7 [1627/1951: E.G.R. Taylor, An atlas of Tudor England and Wales, Harmondsworth, King Penguin, 1951, 19 cm]; BOL Douce Prints b.24 [1627/32]; CUL Atlas.4.62.2, Bury.18.2 [1631: A prospect...]; CUL Atlas.7.64.4, Atlas 7.62.2, Atlas 7.64.3 [1646: A prospect...]; CUL Atlas.7.66.3,i, Atlas.7.66.4,1 [1666: England... described]; CUL Atlas.7.67.1 [1676: England... described and abridged]; CUL Atlas.4.67.7, Qq*.1.280(AA) [2 copies], Hanson.bb.43, Ely.a.188 [1676]; CUL Maps.bb.53.67.1, Maps.bb.53.67.2 [1676: different letterpress settings]; Bath City RO, BOL Bl.14 Jur [1676: Bassett & Chiswell]; TNA [PRO] MPZ 1/21 [1710-13.c: Overton]; BOL C17 b.2, M.Red.1/50 [1720.c: Overton]; CUL Atlas.3.74.3 [1743: England fully described...]; Somerset RO T/PH/SAS/C/2(a) [photo: uncertain date]; Bath Library, Somerset Studies [uncertain dates: evidently various editions and reproductions].

Industry:

timber: 'Timber Grene': with pictorial planks.

Gardens:

shown: Orchard-like.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At bottom: 'The forme' of five baths.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ferries:

ferry: 'The Boate Stall': on river.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560