Somerset-Bath-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18356

Map Date:

1837

Repository reference:

BL Maps 5.b.4

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:

'City of Bath'.

Comments on map:

Originally included in Moule's Atlas, 1837, etc. Vignette of Guildhall and Abbey, bottom left. First published in November 1834: see Tony Campbell, 'The original monthly numbers of Moule's English Counties', The Map Collector 31 (June 1985), 26-39, pp 38-9.

Scale:

1:13,333*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.5 x 27.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Bath Library ['1836']; BL Maps 5.b.4, CUL [1830s]; BOL (E)c17:70 Bath (38) [Brian Stevens pb, n.d.]; BOL C17 c.23 [1842/1990: Studio Editions]; BOL G1.C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: vignette of guildhall [not on map] and abbey.

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal, misc: Arms with three elephants' heads and three stars, surrounded by 'honi soit qui mal y pense' on belt.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560