Somerset-Bath-1893 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20477

Map Date:

? 1893

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/3

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

Bath

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST 750647

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 7468

Map title:

[Map & cover:] 'Houlston's new large-scale plan of Bath and suburbs'.

Comments on map:

The cartography looks Bacon rather than Houlston, and is notable for the extensive use of stamped lettering, giving, outside the built-up part, an effect rather similar to Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 2nd edition. The TNA [PRO] copy bears a stamp 13 Jun 93. Hand-coloured: water, borough pink, parks and open spaces dark green, in usual Bacon style. The cover acknowledges OS derivation: the map dosen't.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd., 127 Strand, London [author, pr], R.F. Houlston, Printer & Stationer, New Bond St, Bath [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.5 x 59.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Sewage Hydrants.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

rifle ranges

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward

Known copies of map:

Bath Library ['1890': Houlston]; Bath Library, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/3 [c.1893]; Bath Library [1900: pb Bacon].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Clay Mill.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

In distinctive sans-serif; Roman Roads.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 1.5-inch.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Plain on map; with supporters on cover].

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Limekilns.

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Including numerous ones along roads in round hundreds of feet, no doubt where the contours cross.

Ordnance Survey's

1882-3

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560