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Somerset-Bath-1899

CBTM:
18975
Map Date:
[1899]
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:
'Plan of Bath'.
Comments on map:
In A handbook for travellers in Somerset, London: Murray, 1899, f.p.127-8.
Scale:
1:14,400
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
9.5 x 15.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use: Parks, cemeteries, etc.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings on red plate only, so would be omitted on an uncoloured printing.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Numerous outlying buildings emphasised but not described: situation suggests that some at least are churches or chapels.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Known copies of map:
RGS [1899: A handbook for travellers in Somerset, London: Murray, 1899, f.pp 127-8].
Railways:
routes, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
public parks: With band stand.
Antiquities:
Roman Baths.
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, unspecified
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Ordnance Survey's
1882-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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