Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1810
CBTM:
20949
Map Date:
12.8.1810
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.13.66.1
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:
'Town of Cheltenham laid down, directly, from his own observations, and engraved by Edward Mitchell...'
Comments on map:
Title also names surveyors of parts of other parishes included in the map: Leckhampton, Thomas Pinnett; Charlton Kings, Thomas Billings; Prestbury, Thomas Smith. Discretion of title, etc, make this an unusual map for its date: none of the usual display. Publication note that determination of principal objects and first publication by Dalrymple, 1 Oct 1806; Second Edition published by Faden, 12 Aug 1810. Scales in top and bottom borders.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
Edward Mitchell [sv, eng], A. Dalrymple, High St, Mary bone [sic: pb], W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty & H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, Charing Cross [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.3 x 45.0 [overall: plate 62.2 x 46.8].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, other: 'Stations', houses, boarding houses, inns [by letter].
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
BLML K.13.66.1 [ed 2, 1810]; Cheltenham Library, Gloucestershire RO Photocopy 8, Photocopy 66B [photos]; Cheltenham Library [1810/-: photo of facsimile].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa: [Various baths and spas: also Old Well].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents, misc: Some boarding houses, etc.
Road transport:
wagon office
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous buildings and structures:
Collonade [sic].
Retail activity:
limited range: Confectioner.
Geodetic notes:
Base line, measured in 1800, 1802 & 1803.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown, coffee houses, misc: Houses, Boarding houses, Inns, Lodgings, Coffee Taverns, identified by number or letters: unusual arrangement.
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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