Somerset-Bath-1817
CBTM:
21407
Map Date:
1.11.1817
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.c.84.81.1
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 correct plan of the City of Bath from Master's original elegant and accurate Plan, with all the additions & improvements to the present time'.
Scale:
1:6480
Map-maker:
G. Manners, Architect & Surveyor, Rivers Street [author], Neele & Son, 352 Strand [eng], Barratt & Son, Bath [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.5 x 37.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks of buildings double-shaded: more heavily for 'ribbons' flanking streets, less heavily for areas behind.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
liberty, Parish: [City Liberty].
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.c.84.81.1 [1817]; Bath Library [n.d.]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.144 [1841].
Gardens:
shown: [Neele seems to have had great fun with the patterning].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, misc: Various Rooms.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Pump Room; top right: Royal Crescent.
Relief:
prominent hills
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type: Very short 'black keys'.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [With lion and bear supporters: in centre of title].
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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