Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1838
CBTM:
21578
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
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:
'Johnson's stranger's companion through Cheltenham and its environs.'
Comments on map:
The 1845 version claims to be surveyed by H.S. Merrett.
Scale:
1:9504*
Map-maker:
John Forbes, Surveyor & Architect [dr], George Phillips Johnson, Engraver & Printer, 128 High St, Cheltenham [pb], James Wyld, Map Publisher, Charing Cross East, London [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.0 x 25.0 [map: 53.0 x 44.5 overall].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Public buildings, Erected buildings.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
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
Known copies of map:
Cheltenham Library [1838: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1845: photo: sv H.S. Merrett].
Industry:
food/drink
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
botanic gardens, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, mechanics institutes, learned societies
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Seven vignettes of local scenes and buildings: right-hand of plate is a 1:158,400 environs map.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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