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Somerset-Bath-1864

CBTM:
22586
Map Date:
1864
Repository reference:
BL 10368.c.37
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:
'Map of the city & borough of Bath, reduced by permission, and corrected to 1864, from Messrs. Cotterell & Spackman's survey, published by S. Hayward.'
Comments on map:
F.p. 1 of G.N. Wight, The historic guide to Bath, Bath: Peach, etc., 1864. Note at bottom indicates was engraved expressly for this Historic guide.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Hollway & Steel, Bath [bottom right: ?].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
39.0 x 30.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: Presumably borough.
Known copies of map:
Bath Library, BL 10368.c.37, CUL Ll.23.42 1864: in G.N. Wright, The historic guide to Bath]; Bath Library [1870].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Bottom left].
Ferries:
ferry
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
out-of-town inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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