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Gloucestershire-Cirencester-1887

CBTM:
19353
Map Date:
[1887]
Repository reference:
Gloucestershire RO, open access
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Cirencester
Map type:
Historical
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SP024016
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SP 0202
Map title:
'Cirencester & Corinium'.
Comments on map:
In K.J. Beecham, History of Cirencester, Cirencester: Harmer, 1887, f.p.250.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Whiteman & Bass, Photo-Litho, London [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
36.5 x 38.2
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, other: Antiquities.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Interior layout of parish church.
Public buildings:
police
Defence and military:
volunteer parade grounds, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, hospitals, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, tithing
Known copies of map:
BL 010358.g.20, Gloucestershire RO open access [1887]; BL X.809/43328, BOL G.A.Glouc. 8o 622, TNA [PRO] Library [1978: Dursley: Alan Sutton].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, platforms, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
[Extensively recorded].
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Monuments:
obelisks
Post and telegraphs:
electric telegraph office, post offices: [Combined Post & Telegraph Office].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
kennels
Cemeteries:
shown
Garden and park buildings:
misc: Pigeon House.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1874
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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