Somerset-Bridgwater-1853 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21397

Map Date:

1853

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 5065 (3)

Historic county:

Somerset

Town name:

North Petherton, Weston Zoyland, Bridgwater

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST296370

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 3433

Map title:

'Map of the district five miles round the town of Bridgwater... prepared from the Ordnance and parish surveys by Thos. Clark and Robt. Down, Bridgwater, 1853.'

Comments on map:

Looks like a straightforward enlargement from Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 Old Series, but there are some discreet revisions and additional names: 'Westonzoyland' on OS is 'Weston Zoyland' here. Mapped area is circular, about 24.5 inches.

Scale:

1:25,344

Map-maker:

Thos Clark and Robt Down, Bridgwater [authors], Hollway & Son, lith., Bath [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.5 x 80.0

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Shown by crosses.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 5065(3), Somerset RO DD/FS [originals]; Somerset RO T/PH/sro 82 [photo].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Ordnance Survey's

1885-6

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1886

1:2500

1:10,560

1884

1:2500

1:10,560