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Somerset-Bath-1872

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
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