Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21581

Map Date:

? 1830

Repository reference:

Gloucester Library, local studies

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:

'Plan of the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.'

Comments on map:

The orientation to SSE of this and some other contemporary Cheltenham plans is perhaps to be explained by right-handedness: visitors from London approach the town from the left.

Scale:

1:7920*

Map-maker:

J. Smith, Clements Inn, Strand [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45 x 21

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

BOL (E)C17:31 (34), BOL J.Maps 33, Gloucester Library M13, RGS Eng & Wales S/S 201.

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways, goods depots

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

botanic gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560