Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1855 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

15031

Map Date:

? 1855

Repository reference:

Gloucestershire RO Photocopy 767

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Cheltenham

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO950225

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 9521

Comments on map:

Incomplete (51 of possible 100) photocopy of original retained by Cheltenham borough council. No scale in evidence; catalogue says 1:528, which looks right. Catalogue attributes the map to Henry Dangerfield, with date of 1855-7. Sewers are shown, but appear to be latter additions; see e.g. date 1872 on sheet 22, 1866 on sheet 28, and 1888-92 on sheet 29; 'M.H.' and sewer diameters given. A few crosshatched buildings have also been added later; see especially sheet 47. 1:6960 (?) index. Rather closer to Ordnance Survey look (and practice) than most other non-OS LBH plans. [Sheets present: 11, 14, 15, 18-23, 27-31, 33-39, 42-47, 49-55, 58-64, 69-73, 78-82, 87-89, in two folders, splitting between 49 and 50.]

Scale:

1:528*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96 x 64 [x 100, + 1 at 69 x 63].

Number of parts:

101

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally, house numbers

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, bay windows, stables/coach houses, glazed areas, steps to buildings

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Gas works shown in detail; Dung Pit, Wells, Troughs; abbreviations: D.Pit, C.H., P, D.P., W.S., usual privvy o symbol, square with S [sink?].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

misc: Vice Consuls Office (France).

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses: [Workhouse has various parts identified, including Lewd Women's Yard].

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, boundary markers

Known copies of map:

Gloucestershire RO photocopy 767 [1855-7: attrib. Henry Dangerfield]; Gloucestershire RO GBR 710/11 [1877].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, oil/soap etc, paper/print, timber, uncertain, misc: [L.K. (with circle)]; Steam Plug Mill, Work Shops, Veterinary Forge, Carriage Factory.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, platforms, rails, passenger stations, misc: Booking Office, Refreshment Room, Urinal, Pumping Engine and Tank, Signal Post, Watch Box; mixed gauge rails shown.

Gardens:

shown, market gardens, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Town Weighing Machine, 'masonry' effect for street crossings (very striking).

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping

Cemeteries:

shown

Geodetic notes:

Two triangles, with Lansdown Connecting Point, and Lansdown Station.

Miscellaneous physical features:

Heaps of Earth (two lots, alongside railway).

Walls, embankments, etc:

Palings [not many].

Garden and park buildings:

aviaries, misc: Paddocks.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Stated measuerments:

basement levels, other: Some basement, pond surface and brook bed levels.

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