Somerset-Bath-1793
CBTM:
22596
Map Date:
1.1.1793
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.37.21
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:
'... City of Bath ... plan....'
Scale:
1:3168
Map-maker:
C. Harcourt Masters, Orchard St, Bath [sv, pb], S.J. Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng, pb], Bull, Hensley & Croot, Lower Walks, Bath [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
92.7 x 62.5 [map: plate 94.2 x 83.3].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Old city walls.
Colouring:
other: Old city walls.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: Some collonades evident.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Piers shown in abbey.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML K.Top.37(21) [1793]; Bath Library, BOL C17 a.9, CUL Maps.D.84.79.1 [1795]; Bath Library [1801]; Bath Library [1808].
Industry:
food/drink, misc: Marble Yard, Coal Yard.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Halls are various 'Rooms'.
Magnetic data:
diagram, value (undated)
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Including Bowling Greens, Swings, Moveable Orchestra, Space for Fire works.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Old city walls.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Reference panels on 'scrolls'.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right, behind combined title and dedication: view of Bath with abbey prominent: in foreground is female with goblet, in front of (apparently) a classical temple.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative: Keyboard without black keys.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits: Inferred from hachure-patterns.
Monuments:
obelisks, misc, (pictorial): Pyramid.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Some presumably proposed roads superimposed on some gardens, etc, on south-east side.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
Recorder, Representatives and the Gentleman of the Corporation.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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