Somerset-Bath-1650 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20530

Map Date:

? 1650

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5030 (9)

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Bath

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST 750647

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7468

Map title:

'Plan de Bathe'.

Comments on map:

Apparently derivative of transcript of a map from the same source as that of Colchester [Exeter 20519], with similar characteristics: no 'ordinary' buildings within the walls, and all text in French, including church dedications (except 'S.James ou S.Jacques'). BLML 1967 catalogue dates it c.1870, which is implausible, unless it relates to the transcript. Scale and dimensions from BL Add. MS. 11564.

Scale:

1:3200*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.5 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: All buildings shown are pictorial.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL Add. MS. 11564 ('8' [recte fols 16-17]) [original] [Exeter 22825]; Bath Library [appartently various versions], BLML Maps 5030(9) ['?1870'] [Exeter 20530]; Bath City RO [litho version by W. Lewis].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa: [Including Bain de la Croix, Bain de Lazours, Bain du Roy, Bain de Cheual].

Monuments:

statues, (pictorial): [South-east of abbey church].