Somerset-Bath-1800 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21406

Map Date:

? 1800

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.18.G.64

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:

'The city of Bath'.

Comments on map:

Appears to be extracted from a guidebook: no 'responsibility statements'. Dated c.1800 in CUL cards: includes Sidney Place, and 'Intended buildings' to its south-west. Scale measures 1.6 inches to 2 furlongs.

Scale:

1:9900

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.5 x 16.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings, including churches, emphasised but not named.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Penal:

jails/reformatories: [The New Prison].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: ['Borough Wall': dotted].

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.18.G.64; Bath Library [This may be the map dated '1806/12'].

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground, misc: Barton Fields never to be built on. [Grass-ground effect outside built-up or laid-out-for building parts].

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560