Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1870 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20469

Map Date:

1870

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/41

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:

'Map of the parish and borough of Cheltenham from accurate survey shewing its divisions into ecclesiastical & municipal districts, with portions of the adjoining parishes. Corrected to the present year 1870.'

Comments on map:

Rather mimics an 'engraved' look: for the scale, is unusually detailed for the date.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

D.J. & R. Humphris, Borough Surveyors Office, Cheltenham [author], Billing Bros & Whitmore, St Pauls Square, Birmm. [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

87.5 x 62.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police: Including Manor Office.

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, blind, dispensaries, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Female Refuge.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

Gloucestershire RO MA.79, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/41.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, stone/builders' yards, furniture/pottery

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Outer fences only.

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [A few un-built-on estates named].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, working mens, misc: Imperial Club.

Borders:

decorative: Similar to the Merrett map [Exeter 20467].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Arable & grass indicated (pecked lines and grass-ground).

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560