Somerset-Bath-1650 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22825

Map Date:

? 1650

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS. 11564 ('8' [recte fols 16-17])

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Bath

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST750647

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7468

Map title:

'Plan de Bathe'.

Comments on map:

Evidently derived from Speed. In a volume, untitled, of 116 manuscript 'town plans' of Europe, in which the main interest seems to be in the fortifications and buildings outside the walls, rather than in building-up within the walls. Text is in French.

Scale:

1:3200*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.5 x 40.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills, (pictorial)

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial): [Gates named].

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 Cheual' with pictorial horse.

Monuments:

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

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560