Somerset-Bath-1801 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22510

Map Date:

[1801]

Repository reference:

BL 190.d.9

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:

'Plan of Bath.'

Comments on map:

F.p. [1] of Richard Warner, The history of Bath, London: Robinson, 1801. Some buildings numbered or lettered: no reference seems to be to hand, and lack of text other than street-names reduces the value of the map.

Scale:

1:7920*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.0 x 23.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Evidently indicated by emphasis, but mostly unnamed.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

Bath Library, Bath City RO, BL 2368.dd.16, 190.d.9, G.4069, BOL Gough Somerset 8 [in R. Warner, History of Bath].

Industry:

timber

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Line of walls: not so described.

Relief:

prominent hills

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560