Somerset-Bath-1892
CBTM:
21451
Map Date:
[1892]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 33.a.5
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:
Plate 51 in John Bartholomew (ed), Black's Handy Atlas of England & Wales, London: Black, 1892. Included on grounds of consistency only. Unusually for Bartholomew, public buildings are keyed to a reference, rather than named in situ. [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 2600 copies of this atlas were printed on 21 March 1892.]
Scale:
1:28,160
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
9.5 x 17.7
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Uncased buildings.
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established predominates: R.C. Ch.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 33.a.5.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
columns: [Victoria Column].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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