Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1892 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21548

Map Date:

[1892]

Repository reference:

BL PP.2509.f

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 and its vicinity. Published with the Post Office Cheltenham Directory. 1891-92.'

Comments on map:

Facing title of The Cheltenham & ditrict Post Office Directory 1891-92, Cheltenham: Edwards, n.d. [1892?: BM RD 12 Ap 92 blue]. Map is dated 1890 by Villar, bottom right: one of the sort only recorded on scale grounds.

Scale:

1:15,840

Map-maker:

James Villar, Surveyor, Cheltenham [author], Horace Edwards, Printer & Publisher, Cheltenham [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

54.0 x 42.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Numerous public buildings appear, but unnamed.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BL PP2509.f, Gloucester Library [original]; Cheltenham Library [photo].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25 mile.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

kennels

Cemeteries:

shown

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