Somerset-Bath-1634 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22505

Map Date:

[1634]

Repository reference:

BL 1170.d.38

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

Comments on map:

Follows title in Thoma Iohnsono, Thermae Bathonicae, London:-, 1634. A straightforward derivative from Speed, without the vignette: reference text at bottom is letterpress.

Scale:

1:7500*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.0 x 20.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

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: The Tennis Courte.

Known copies of map:

Bath Library, Bath City RO, BL 1170.d.38, BOL Gough Nat Hist 4 [and ibid 33 and 15].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa: Pictorial fountain or similar in Balneum Regium.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560