Somerset-Bath-1800
CBTM:
22591
Map Date:
? 1800
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5030 (4)
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:
'An new and accurate plan of the city of Bath much preferable to any other extant.'
Comments on map:
Price 6d, after publishers in title. BL catalogue says c.1800: very similar to Exeter 22589, with reference 'to the Intended New Streets', including intended burial ground and way to Mr Pultney's Bridge. On its side, bottom right, is 'Dimensions of the Principal new Rooms'. This may be a late version of a plate of which Bath Library cards say it has versions going back to 1771.
Scale:
1:7040
Map-maker:
W. Bally & A. Tennant, Booksellers in Milsom St, Bath [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
16.5 x 21.7 [map: plate 17.3 x 22.3].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Stippled blocks.
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
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Bath Library ['?1771']; Bath Library ['1776']; Bath Library ['1779']; BLML Maps 5030(4) ['?1800'].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Halls are various 'Rooms'.
Waterbodies:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Bell Tree House.
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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