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Somerset-Bath-1864

CBTM:
22587
Map Date:
[1864]
Repository reference:
BL 10368.d.19
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:
'Illustrated plan of the city of Bath.'
Comments on map:
At end of John Earle, A guide to the knowledge of Bath ancient and modern, London: Longmans, Bath: Hayward, 1864. This may in fact be the same engraving as the 1848 version [Exeter 20532].
Scale:
1:4224*
Map-maker:
Hollway & Steel, Bath [bottom right: ?].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.3 x 49.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Vignettes plus hatched blocks.
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
BL 10368.d.19, BOL G.A.Somerset 8o 36, CUL Maps.84.86.1 [map], Ll.23.46 [book] [1864: in J. Earle, A guide to the knowledge of Bath, 1864]; Bath Library [1870.c: pb F. Curtis]; Bath Library [1885: Curtis]; Bath City RO, BL 10352.cc.32, BOL G.A. Somerset 8o 119, CUL Maps.c.84.88.1 [map], RC.38.21 [book] [1888: to accompany R.E.M. Peach, Bath old & new: a handy guide, 1888: pb Curtis]; BL 010368.e.15 [1891].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: With two each of pictorial bridges and trains: the latter look 25 or 30 years out of date for 1864.
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Commons:
shown
Borders:
keyboard type
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial rowing IV in river.
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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