Somerset-Bath-1872 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22702

Map Date:

? 1872

Repository reference:

BOL J.Maps 71

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:

[Cover:] 'Map of the City of Bath.' [map:] 'The City of Bath.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1872 in BOL cards: has Midland Railway. Style is very similar to the Rapkin-Tallis map [Exeter 21409], but scale and relative freshness of engraving suggest that this is an independent production.

Scale:

1:9000

Map-maker:

Cotterell & Spackman, Land Surveyors, Bath [dr], J. Rapkin, 8 Warwick Lane, Newgate St, London [eng], J.R. Williams, Bath [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

31.2 x 29.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BOL J.Maps 71 [1872]; Bath Library ['c.1876'].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

prominent hills

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

columns, statues: [Statue, Victoria Column in park].

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Extensive stipple, some of which is public open space, but some of it seems ambiguous: building-land?

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560