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Gloucestershire-Cheltenham-1900

CBTM:
20470
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/174
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:] 'Cossins & Knight's large-scale plan of Cheltenham'; [map:] 'Bacon's plan of Cheltenham'.
Comments on map:
Issued by Cossins & Knight, Printers & Stationers, 353 High St, Cheltenham. Undated [date code 11M10], but noticably more building development that on Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 1st edition: TNA [PRO] copy has Cheltenham & Honeybourne Railway [opened 1908] added in manuscript.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd, 127 Strand, London [pr, ? pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
70.7 x 51.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Public Gardens & Squares, Cemeteries, Public Buildings [black], Other Buildings [hatched], Railways, boundaries.
Colouring:
boundaries, land-use: Parks and open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
electricity works, gas works, reservoirs, sewage disposal
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, ecclesiastical districts, Ward
Known copies of map:
Cheltenham Library ['1878.c': photo]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 69]; BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access], CUL maps.bb.18.G.117 [1885: New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 69]; Cheltenham Library ['1885': photo]; Cheltenham Library ['1886': photo]; Gloucester Library ['1887']; BOL C15 c.3 [1889: New Large Scale Ordnance atlas of the British Isles, Pl 70]; Cheltenham Library [1890.c: for Cheltenham Annuaire & Directory]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.271 [1890: pb Westley: New Plan, 69 x 51 cm]; Cheltenham Library [1890.c: New plan: photo]; Gloucester Library [1891: shows wards]; Gloucester Library [1895]; Gloucestershire RO PC.1997 [1897]; Cheltenham Library [1897: photo]; BOL C17:70 Cheltenham e.1, Gloucestershire RO MA/22, D.897/6, TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/174 [1900.c: originals]; Cheltenham Library ['1900: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1905.c: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1913.c: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1926.c, for Kelly's Directories: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1927.c, for Kelly's Directories: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1932.c, for Kelly's Directories: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1936.c, for Kelly's Directories: photo]; Cheltenham Library [1938.c, for Kelly's Directories: photo].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Sanitary Laundry, Diamond Sanitary Laundry.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [Named blocks of gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Riding School.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Liberal
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile.
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown: The only tramway is one running south-east from the borough boundary at Leckhampton.
Ordnance Survey's
1883-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-01
1:2500
1:10,560
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