Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21588

Map Date:

? 1885

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:

'Cheltenham.'

Comments on map:

One of those maps presumably designed to sell houses, and not actually showing any. Done on the cheap, with lesser streets omitted. Only included on grounds of scale. One of those maps one needs to be paid to look at.

Scale:

1:8448

Map-maker:

Harrison Bayley & Co., Auctioneers, House Agents & Surveyors, The Mart, Clarence St, Cheltenham [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40 x 47

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: With crosses.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Known copies of map:

Gloucester Library, local studies.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top right: Harrison Bayley's offices.

Retail activity:

publisher of map

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1883-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-01

1:2500

1:10,560