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Somerset-Bath-1830

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
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