Somerset-Bath-1793
CBTM:
22590
Map Date:
1.1.1793
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5030 (23)
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 to the present year 1793.'
Comments on map:
Below frame, bottom centre, advertises map of five miles round Bath, 1s 6d, and New Bath Guide, 1s, from the publishers [Taylor & Meyler].
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
T. Chantry, Surveyor, Bath ['fecit'], R. Hancock, Bath [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.3 x 46.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, boundaries: Fine lines indicate intended buildings.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stippled blocks.
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Old City.
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, Bath City RO, BLML Maps 5030(23), BOL (E)C17:70 Bath (5), CUL Maps.d.17.G.8, Maps.d.17.G.18 [1793]; Bath Library [1795]; Bath Library, BLML K.Top.37.22, CUL Maps.BB.84.79.1 [1796]; Bath Library, CUL Maps.BB.84.79.1 [1798]; Bath Library [1799]; Bath Library, Bath City RO [1800]; Bath Library, BLML Maps 5030 (13), CUL Maps.d.18.G.181 [1801]; Bath City RO, BOL Gough Maps Somerset 13, CUL Maps.c.84.80.1 [1803]; BLML Maps 5030(20), Maps 5030(21) [1805].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Halls are various 'Rooms'.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: With Fire Works, Bowling Greens, Layrinth.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Shield-shaped, with slender vegetation at sides.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Top of title].
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: 'Barton Fields never to be built on'.
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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