Somerset-Bath-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23306

Map Date:

? 1857

Repository reference:

Bath Library Hunt maps, p.66

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:

'Postal map of Bath shewing the boundary of the town delivery drawn & engraved on stone expressly for the Post Office Bath Directory by William Lewis, 24, Union Passage, Bath.'

Comments on map:

Date 'December 1857' added in manuscript in bottom border. Churches and public buildings numbered with reference, but this is not related to the numbered squaring.

Scale:

1:9000

Map-maker:

William Lewis, 24 Union Passage, Bath [lith, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.0 x 35.3 [map maximum: 50.3 x 40.2 [printed area].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Boundary of City Delivery.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Boundary of City Delivery.

Known copies of map:

Bath Library [1857: 'Hunt maps p.66]; Bath Library [1858]; Bath Library [1859]; Bath Library [1860]; Bath Library [1860-1]; Bath Library [1864: 'new map']; Bath Library [1864-5]; Bath Library [1866-7]; Bath Library [1878]; Bath Library [1887]; Bath Library [1899].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Monuments:

columns: [Victoria Column].

Post and telegraphs:

letter-boxes, post offices: [Pillar Letter Boxes].

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: About 3.0 x 2.75 ins: numbered 1-24.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560