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Somerset-Bath-1851

CBTM:
21409
Map Date:
[1851]
Repository reference:
CUL Atlas.4.86.7
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:
'Bath'.
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for further details see the entry for the Exeter map [Exeter 18257]. The Bath map might derive from Gibbs [Exeter 21408], or else both used the same source: the selection of names is very similar. [The plate is in very fresh state in both BLML and CUL copies, with lettering guide-lines and other fine details apparent under a lens.]
Scale:
1:7500
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.5 x 26.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories: ['Old Prison' was the New Prison on Exeter 21408, e.g.].
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, Bath City RO [1850s]; BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7,2 [1860]; RGS Eng & Wales S.666 [Whitehall Press, c.1978].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, misc: Rooms.
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Royal Cresent; bottom left: Abbey; bottom right: St Michaels Church.
Borders:
decorative
Monuments:
columns: [Victoria Column: at entrance to Royal Victoria Park].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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