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Somerset-Bath-1770

CBTM:
21390
Map Date:
? 1770
Repository reference:
BLML Maps *5030 (12)
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 with the new additional buildings.'
Comments on map:
Dated 1780 by BL in 1967 catalogue (but see comparative comments below on CUL copies): includes The Circus and the Royal Cresent. Centre top: dimensions of Mr Gyde's Rooms and the New Assembly Rooms.
Scale:
1:3456
Map-maker:
W. Hibbert, Bath [eng], W. Frederick & W. Taylor, Booksellers, Bath [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
36.7 x 47.2 [map: plate 38.2 x 48.3].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Bath-wick church shown pictorially, with tower.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.84.74.1 [1749: from J. Wood, An essay towards a description of Bath, 1749]; CUL Maps.bb.17.G.22 [?]; BLML Maps 5030(12) ['1770']; pb W. Taylor & J. Sheldon]; Bath Library, BOL Gough Somerset 2 [1770]; Bath Library, BOL Gough Somerset 2, BOL G.A.Gen Top 16o 220 (later issue) [1772]; Bath City RO ['1774']; Bath Library, CUL Maps.d.17.G.1 [1779: Bath Library ['1776']; BL Maps 5030 (19) [1780]; BOL G.A.Oxon 8o 237 (2); BOL Gough Somerset 51(3) [1784]; BOL G.A.Somerset 16o 21(1) [1794]; BOL G.A.Somerset 8o 87 [1795]; Som. RO A/ATY1 G/2189 [? 1795]; BOL G.A.Somerset 16o 21(2) [1796]; BOL G.A.Somerset 8o 2 [1799]; BOL G.A.Gen.top 16o 220 (4) [1800]; BLML Maps 5030 (13) [1801].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents: [A few notable outlying residents].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: On a drape.
Monuments:
obelisks, misc: [Obelisk: erected 1734], Pyramid [erected 1738].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices: Also, bottom right is a note of arrival and dispatch times for posts.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bell Free House.
Cemeteries:
shown
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