Somerset-Bath-1852
CBTM:
16012
Map Date:
1852
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 5030 (6)
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:
'Plan of the city and borough of Bath, and its suburbs. 1852.'
Comments on map:
Cotterell's facsimile signature appears bottom left, by the arms. Scales of chains and feet.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
J.H. Cotterell, Land surveyor, Bath [sv], Hollway & Son, Bath [eng], S. Hayward, Abbey Church Yard, Bath [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
92.3 x 70.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally: Practically up to Ordnance Survey standards.
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Phonetic Institution.
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, Ward: Legend shows various combinations, and includes colour-boxes.
Known copies of map:
BLML 5030(6), Bath Library, Bath City RO [several copies], BLML 5030(15), CUL Maps.c.18.G.143, Somerset RO DD/CC 11000, DD/CC 12799 [1852]; Bath Library [1857].
Industry:
misc: Tucking Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Wansdyke, Roman Remains, Berewyke.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Relief:
slopes shown
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
columns: [Victoria Column].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Subscription Walk.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: Regalia below, lion to left, bear or wolf to right.
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Paper Mill.
Geodetic notes:
West is at the top of the map, whereas the parent detailed map [Exeter 16013] is orientated north.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: 'The numbers thus .342 are the heights in feet above the level of the Sea which is taken to be 71ft 5in below the upper surface of the lower step at the entrance to the Guildhall.'
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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here