Somerset-Bath-1724 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19660

Map Date:

[1724]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.26.e.7

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:

'Aquae Sulis Iuly 1723.'

Comments on map:

In William Stukeley, Itinerarium curiosum, London: author, 1724, plate 70. Scale graduated in feet and measured as 1 inch to 60 feet; yards seems more likely (i.e. 1:2160).

Scale:

1:2160

Map-maker:

Stukeley [author], Parker [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.2 x 17.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

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

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

Bath Library ['1723']; BLML Maps c.26.e.7, CUL, BOL Gough Gen Top 55 (also Gough Maps 28, Fol 43B), Gough Gen Top 56, MS Gough Gen Top 15, p.103 [MS drawing]; D 2.9 Art; D 3.9 Art (1776 ed)].

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Miscellaneous:

Abby Green, Miter Green [sic] named.

Antiquities:

Abbey: large.

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560