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Somerset-Bath-1851

CBTM:
20531
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 24.a.56
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Bath
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST 750647
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 7468
Map title:
'Plan of the city of Bath.'
Comments on map:
This copy dated c.1851 by BLML 1967 catalogue: originally published in 1830. References 28-35 are obvious addition.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
Hayward's (late Meylers) Library [pb].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.8 x 35.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, BL 10368.aaa.9 [1830]; Bath Library [1832]; Bath Library [1835]; Bath Library [?1841]; BL 10368.aa.35 [1842]; Bath Library [1843]; Bath Library [1846]; Bath Library, BL 10368.bb.18, BL Maps 24.a.56, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 81 [1851]; Bath Library [n.d.].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Later addition, evidenced by cutting names.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: pedimented building [Pump Room].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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