Somerset-Bath-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18870

Map Date:

? 1830

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/12

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 a recent survey.'

Comments on map:

This is evidently a later state of Benjamin Donne's map of 1803. Scale set in bottom border. Map date is a wild guess, pending further evidence.

Scale:

1:4752

Map-maker:

C. Godwin, Upper corner of Milsom St, Bath, 'Sold by the principal map and book sellers in Bath, Bristol and London' [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.5 x 45.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, basins/docks

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses, misc: Society's Office for the Suppression of Vagrants.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [As City Liberties].

Known copies of map:

Bath City RO, BLML K.Top.37.23, BOL (E)C17:70 Bath(4) [1810]; Bath Library [1813]; Bath Library, Bath City RO, BLML Maps 3.aa.28 [1816: pb Godwin]; Bath City RO [1823]; Bath Library, BLML Maps 5030(5) [1825]; ? TNA [PRO] T72/12 [1830+??]; Bath Library ['1835']; TNA [PRO] RAIL1033/2 [1840+: D. Wright [eng], C. Godwin [pb]]; Bath Library, CUL Maps.c.18.G.247 [1845?]; Bath Library [1854]; Bath Library [1855].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc: [Usual baths and Pump Room].

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Decorative cartouches:

pictorial 'realistic': Title in front of Royal Crescent.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Above title, bottom left: rather 'boxy' vignette of Royal Crescent.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560