Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21555

Map Date:

7.1820

Repository reference:

Gloucestershire RO D.2217; Cheltenham library [open access: photo]

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Cheltenham

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO950225

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 9521

Map title:

'The Post Office map of Cheltenham.'

Comments on map:

The Gloucestershire RO copy is very bad, but the Cheltenham one is excellent.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

G.A. Underwood, Surveyor of the County of Somerset [dr], 'Executed in Lithography by B.R. Baker Land Surveyor (the Writing by J. Netherclift) under the direction of M. Gazzer Esqr.' [lith], C. Hullmandel, 51 Gt Marlborough St, London [pr], The Post Office, Cheltenham [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

82.5 x 57.5 [map: 82.5 x 73.0 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers: Apparent house numbers in High Street. Large numbers identified via reference at bottom.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

Gloucestershire RO D.2217, Gloucester Library M3; Cheltenham Library [photos]; in Book of Cheltenham, 1982, front endpaper.

Industry:

food/drink

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways, goods depots

River and foreshore features:

springs: [Sulphur Springs].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Laboratory & Baths.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents

Road transport:

wagon office

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: seems to be old well.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[Livery Stables].

Reference system:

squaring: 5.3-inch.

Arms and heraldry:

dedicee of map: [Two, above dedication, and presumably the dedicees].

Retail activity:

limited range: 'Libraries'.

Dedicee of map:

The Earl of Chichester and the Marquis of Salisbury, the Postmasters-General.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560