Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1834 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20467

Map Date:

14.7.1834

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/38

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...'

Comments on map:

In reference, there are Measurement of Streets, in yards, and heights above River Chelt at Lower Allstone Mill Tail.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

H.S. Merrett, Architect & Surveyor, Cheltenham [? author, pb], James Neele & Co., Burleigh St, Strand [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

63.5 x 97.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, boundaries: Boundaries, buildings erected [hatched] and intended [open].

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, township

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 9.c.16, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/38 [1834]; Cheltenham Library [1834: photo]; CUL Maps.bb.18.G.94, Gloucestershire RO D.2025, Gl CL, London Metropolitan Archives MBW 2608 (3 copies) [1839, pub Geo. P. Johnson]; CUL Maps.aa.19.G.74 [c.1975]; Gloucestershire RO open access [1982: in Book of Cheltenham, p.68]; Gloucestershire RO open access [1996: p.xviii, in Steven Blake, Cheltenham, a pictorial history, chichester, Phillimore, 1996].

Industry:

food/drink

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums: [Baths inclues Pump Room, Swimming Baths]; Riding School.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Borders:

decorative

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Laboratory.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Rt Hon. Lord Sherborne.

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560