Somerset-Bath-1750
CBTM:
21389
Map Date:
? 1750
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *5030 (17), Maps *5030 (22)
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 new and correct plan of the city of Bath and places adjacent.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1750 by BL in 1967 catalogue: includes The Circus but not the Royal Cresent. Engraved description, reference to lettered buildings, and 'Rules relating to Bath as they stand in the Pump Room' round the map. Top left in map areas are tables of post distances. No evidence of 'responsibility' on these copies.
Scale:
1:3000*
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30.7 x 41.3 [maximum map area: engraved area 38.7 x 48.2 overall: plate 39.0 x 49.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: 'A Crane for Loading Barges with Free Stone allow'd by the Curious to be a Master piece of Mechanism, the motion for lowering the stone being so expeditious.'
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, BLML K.Top.37(15), BLML 5030(17) [1750]; BLML 5030(22) [1755]; BOL Gough Maps 28, Fol 46B ['c.1760']; BLML 5030(11), CUL Maps.BB.84.76.1 [1760]; CUL Maps.BB.84.76.2 [1765.c].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, misc: Assorted 'Long Rooms', with dimensions.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Monuments:
obelisks, misc: [Obelisk: erected 1734], Pyramid [erected 1738].
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bell Free House.
Stated measuerments:
other: Dimensions of 'Long Rooms' and Grand Parade, capacity of baths.
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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