Somerset-Bath-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20532

Map Date:

11.1848

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5030 (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:

'Hollway's illustrated plan of the city of Bath.'

Comments on map:

Public buildings, notable crescents, cemetery, etc, mostly represented by pictograms and vignettes, superimposed on shaded blocks of buildings.

Scale:

1:3168*

Map-maker:

J. Hollway, 10 Milsdom St, Bath [dr, eng], Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, London [pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.5 x 48.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some crescents and squares shown pictorially.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

Bath Library, Bath City RO, BLML Maps 5030(1), BOL (E)C17:70 Bath (7) [1848]; Bath Library [1850]; Bath Library [1852]; Bath Library [1854].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, misc: Pictorial river bridges; three 'tracks', with a pictorial train running out of town on the centre one in both directions.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Borders:

keyboard type: Minature keyboard.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Two rowing boats on river.

Retail activity:

publisher of map: [Hollway's engraving, lithographic & printing Offices: pictorial].

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560