Somerset-Bath-1773
CBTM:
22507
Map Date:
1773
Repository reference:
BL 579.c.3(3)
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 and suburbs of Bath.'
Comments on map:
F.t.p. of The strangers' assistant and guide to Bath, Bath: Taylor, Tennet, London: Baldwin, etc, 1773. Price 1s, or 1s 6d with plan.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
R. Coffin [eng], J. Basnett, stationer, Bath [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.2 x 16.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Bath Library ['1771']; BL 579.c.3(3) [original: in The strangers' assistant & guide to Bath]; BL 10351.aaa.55(6), CUL XIX.60.134 ['1771': in C.E. Davis (1864), q.v.]; Bath Library ['1775']; T/PH/SAS/C/1(f) [1779: photo].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Sympfon's, Gyde's Rooms.
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bell Tree Houfe.
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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