Somerset-Bath-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22589

Map Date:

? 1780

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5030 (19)

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 plan of the city of Bath & additional buildings.'

Comments on map:

'Price 6d.' bottom left. BL catalogue says 1780. Includes reference 'to the Intended New Streets'.

Scale:

1:7920

Map-maker:

W. Hibb [?], Bath [eng], W. Frederick & W. Taylor, Booksellers in Bath [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.8 x 16.7 [map: plate 13.7 x 17.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Dotted infill.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5030 (19).

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc: Halls are various 'Rooms'.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Sort-of-drape.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Bell Tree House.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560