Somerset-Bath-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20533

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5030 (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:

'The city of Bath.'

Comments on map:

Stylistically suggestive of the Tallis maps. Dated c.1858 by BLML 1967 printed catalogue.

Scale:

1:8640

Map-maker:

Cottrell & Spackman, Land Surveyors, Bath [dr], J. Rapkin, 3 Warwick Lane, Newgate St, London [eng], S. Gibbs, Bath [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.0 x 29.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BOL G.A.Somerset 8o 31(3) [1855]; Bath Library [1856]; BLML Maps 5030(7), CUL Maps 84.85.2 [1858]; Bath Library [1862]; Bath Library [1863]; BLML Maps 5030(8) [1870].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

shown partially

Monuments:

columns: [Victoria Column].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560