Somerset-Bath-1785 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23353

Map Date:

? 1785

Repository reference:

RGS MR England & Wales S/S 94 [512378]

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 accurate plan of the city of Bath from a late survey with the new additional buildings ...'

Comments on map:

Very similar to Exeter 22594 and 22597, especially, with similar building generalisation, but differs in the lack of information on post information, and in the inclusion, bottom left, of an extension to show Lansdown Place. (It might be an early state of Exeter 22597's plate: it looks reasonably fresh.) RGS catalogue dates it c.1835: 1785 is a more likely date. Publisher advertises also a map of 5 miles round Bath.

Scale:

1:3520*

Map-maker:

J. Marshall, Bookseller & Staiioner, Milsom St, Bath [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.0 x 47.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, river stairs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Bathwick church shown pictorially.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

Y

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

RGS Eng & Wales S/S 94 ['1835'] [Exeter 23353]; Bath Library, 'Hunt Maps p.26' [1786.c: pb. Pratt & Marshall] [Exeter 23307].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc: [Various 'Rooms'].

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [Mr Hamilton's].

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: More classical or Greek than rococco.

Monuments:

obelisks, misc: Pyramid.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Bell Tree House.

Cemeteries:

shown

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560