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Somerset-Bath-1713

CBTM:
22583
Map Date:
[1713]
Repository reference:
BL 233.c.19
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:
F.t.p. of Robert Pierce, The history and memoirs of the Bath, Bath: Hammond, 1713. Map is Speed-derivative, quite different from Gillmore, 1697 [Exeter 22582].
Scale:
1:6336*
Map-maker:
F.H. Van Houe [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.2 x 16.0 [apparently cropped at top].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills, (pictorial)
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
pillory, stocks, (pictorial): [North of Abbey].
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial): With named tower and gates.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards: Some may be gardens.
Known copies of map:
Bath City RO, BL 233.c.19, CUL Maps.c.84.71.1.
Industry:
timber
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom: the 'forme' of four of the baths: not very refined: figures in Lazours Bath and Hot Bathe have arms raised upwards, suggestive of resurrected or despairing souls on a mediaeval wall-painting.
Monuments:
(pictorial), statues: [Apparent pictorial statue south-east of abbey, in 'orchard'].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Top right].
Ferries:
ferry: The Boat Stall [pictorial: seems to be a rope ferry operated by a man holding onto the rope to 'hand' a raft across].
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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