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Somerset-Bath-1736

CBTM:
22593
Map Date:
27.10.1736
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.37.14
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:
'A plan of the city of Bath in the county of Somerset.'
Comments on map:
Noted as copied from John Wood's original survey, 1735. Oval: corners filled with reference to buildings, expanded to include descriptions and statistics.
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
Mr John Wood, Bath, Architect [sv], J. Leake [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.2 x 32.3 [map: plate 41.8 x 32.7].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stippled blocks.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, wharfs, misc: Crane on Mr Allen's Stone Wharf; projected lock.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, Bath City RO, BLML K.Top. 37(14), BOL Ash [Sutherland coll] B.I, Part VII, also Gough Maps 28, fol 46, CUL Maps.bb.17.175 [originals]; T/PH/SAS/C/1(a) [photo].
Gardens:
shown: [Some are rather orchard-like].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc: Halls are various 'Rooms'.
Antiquities:
City wall and gates.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Combined with oval border. Above lower cartouche acknowledging derivation: putti-head, with ruler, protractor, roll and other less readily identifiable objects behind.
Borders:
decorative
Monuments:
obelisks: [Obelisk erected in 1734].
Symbolic elements:
Putti-head, drawing instruments: above lower cartouche.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bell Tree House.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal
Retail activity:
publisher of map
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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