Somerset-Bath-1697
CBTM:
22582
Map Date:
[1697]
Repository reference:
BL 1171.f.15
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:
'The city of Bath'.
Comments on map:
F.p. 1 of Bath memoirs: or, observations in three and forty years practice at the bath... on the directions of Robert Pierce, Dr. in Physick..., Bristol: Hammond, etc, 1697. Looks like an independent production, rather than a derivative from Speed.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Joseph Gillmore, Teacher of ye Mathematicks at Bristol [sv], Jo. Savage [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.0 x 24.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills, (pictorial)
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits: Two pictorial buildings in street either side of North Gate: Exeter 22592 shows them to be conduits.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including 'the Meeting house' (sic).
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial): [Gates named].
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Fives Court.
Woodland:
orchards: [Some may really be gardens].
Known copies of map:
BL G.19078, BL 1171.f.15 [no map in 1170.c.36]; Bath Library ['1694': possibly various versions]; BL Maps 5030 (10), BOL Gough Somerset 31, BOL Ashmote E14 [1715]; CUL Maps.bb.999.01.163 [1981].
Industry:
textiles, timber: [Textiles implied by what might be pictorial tenters].
Gardens:
shown: [Not many: some may appear as 'orchards'].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Trimming of reference and arms; title on banner.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: 'The South Side of the Abby Church'.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Top right].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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