Somerset-Bath-1854
CBTM:
16013
Map Date:
1854
Repository reference:
Bath City RO (unnumbered)
Historic county:
Somerset
Town name:
Bath
Map type:
Sanitary
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
ST750647
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
ST 7468
Comments on map:
Bottom left: 'Surveyed by order of the Town Council of the City of Bath in the years 1852, 1853, 1854 by [signed] Cotterell & Spackman'. 52 pairs of (mostly) double-elephant sheets, plus index on a copy of the published 1:6336 map of 1852 [Exeter 16012]. Some subsequent building has been added, evidenced by vignetted rather than solid tint infill. The sheet numbering is somewhat erratic, with different 'grids' north and south of the river, and with the transriparian sections left blank: a most unusual arrangement, to say the least. There are very few sanitary features, and altogether the similarity to later sanitary mapping (such as Huyton or Oystermouth) is very marked: this is very different from the contemporary 'Board of Health' mapping. Inside the lid of the box containing some of the maps is a note of 1965, saying that it was made pursuant to powers in the Bath City Act of 1851 which authorise the making of a map, and that because of subsequent additions there is 'danger' in allowing 'all and sundry to see it and perhaps jump to conclusions'.
Scale:
1:480
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
123 x 98 [x 49]
Number of parts:
52
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, utilities: Roadside verges, etc, pale blue.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally, house numbers
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised, archways, steps to buildings, walls
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown, basins/docks, tunnel, other: Engine House.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, sewers, sanitary hazards, water works: Sewers with some annotations, e.g. Stone Sewer, Old Stone Sewer, also Gauging House, Privvies (large dot-and-circle), a few flow-arrows, a few manholes, Waste Pipe; abbreviations: FS, FC; watermains red, sewers blue, reservoir surround yellow and its top pale blue.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, J
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
misc: Racket Court, Fives Court.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish
Known copies of map:
Bath City RO [unnumbered].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, misc: Viaduct, by x-arches.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc: [Baths named in detail].
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
columns, statues: [Victoria Column].
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
PS [meaning unclear].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
pounds/pinfolds
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Rooms.
Stated measuerments:
other: Pipe diameters, in inches.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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