Somerset-Bath-1736
CBTM:
18644
Map Date:
[1736]
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/130
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:
'Bath olim Aquae Solis'.
Comments on map:
Inset on 'Somersetshire survey'd and protracted by Mr Strachey'. Planimentrically dubious, despite scale: compressed north-south.
Scale:
1:2160
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.7 x 19.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial: Pictorial buildings give semi-birds-eye effect.
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, BLML K.Top.37.4.11.TAB, BOL Gough Maps Somerset 6, TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/130 [originals]; Somerset RO T/PH/SAS/C/2(b) [photo]
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
The beastall [on river: cattle watering place?], Abbey green.
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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