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Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1900

CBTM:
20950
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
BLML 2.aa.60
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:
[Cover:] 'Plan of Cheltenham with environs', [map:] 'Plan of Cheltenham'.
Comments on map:
Combines town plan with 1:253,440 'Environs of Cheltenham'. BM RD blue 1 Oct 1900.
Scale:
1:13,333
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co., Edinr [author], [cover only: W.H.Smith, 186 Strand, London [pb]].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.3 x 48.0 [overall: town plan 34.7 x 25.0].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use: Open spaces darker green: unbuilt-on areas lighter green [? same plate, stippled].
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Mostly as 'Cha'.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Childrens Home.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges: With Gymnasium.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Gloucester Library [1890.c]; BLML Maps 17.c.4, BOL C17 b.11, RGS Maps 10.F.4 [1899: plate 56 in J.G. Batholomew (ed), The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, London: Newnes [1899]: 1:12,672]; BLML 2.aa.60 [1900].
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, Winter Gardens
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
unspecified
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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