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Somerset-Bath-1890

CBTM:
19033
Map Date:
[1890]
Repository reference:
RGS Library
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:
'Bath'.
Comments on map:
In K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 112, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 112, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 114. [Text is by J.F. Muirhead: see p.v.]
Scale:
1:14,800
Map-maker:
Wagner & Debes Gegl. Estabt. Leipsic [? dr, pr], [Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, Dulau & Co., London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
15.3 x 10.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads: Both buildings and road casings are on brown plate.
Road names:
generally: Small ones not named: 'crammed' for the scale.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Known copies of map:
BL 10109.aa.3 [1890]; BL 10108.d.30 [1894]; BL 10108.ddd.30 [1897]; RGS library [in K. Baedeker, Great Britain ... handbook for travellers, Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, and London: Dulau, 2nd edition, 1890, f.p. 112, 3rd edition, 1894, f.p. 112, 4th edition, 1897, f.p. 114].
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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