Somerset-Bath-1803 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22598

Map Date:

1803

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.37.7

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 the City of Bath 1803.'

Comments on map:

Inset on A topographical map of Somerset... reduced from the large survey in nine sheets by W. Day & Thos Masters', London: Faden, 1 Jan 1803; has note that is extracted from 'the accurate plan surveyed by C.H. Masters, with permission of the proprietors'.

Scale:

1:11,088

Map-maker:

C.H. Masters [sv], W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty & to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.7 x 17.0 [inset].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described.

Canals:

shown: 'New Canal'.

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Known copies of map:

Bath Library, BLML K.Top.37.7, BOL (E)C17:54 (32), CUL Maps.c.18.G.19.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560