Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1805 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18404

Map Date:

1.4.1805

Repository reference:

RGS 7.E.7

Historic county:

Gloucestershire

Town name:

Gloucester

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SO831186

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SO 8318

Map title:

'Gloucester'.

Comments on map:

For The Beauties of England & Wales and The British Atlas comprising a complete set of county maps, of England and Wales with a general map of navigable rivers and canals; and plans of cities and principal towns, London: Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Longman, Faden, etc, 1810.

Scale:

1:8448

Map-maker:

G. Cole [dr], J. Roper [eng], E.W. Brayley [dir].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.6 x 24.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown, orchards

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 11.b.3, BOL C17 c.5, Montagu Illustr.41, Gloucester Library, RGS 7.E.7 [1805-10]; TNA [PRO] T72/9 [later state]; BOL Gl/ C17.3, RGS 14.A.109 [Pl 21 in BGL Atlas, q.v.]; BOL C17 d.31 [1970: Brian Stevens]; BOL G1/ C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; Gloucestershire RO open access [1994: reduced, in John Jurica, Gloucester: a pictorial history, Chichester: Phillimore].

Industry:

glass

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Two priories.

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top of map: cathedral, etc, from north-west.

Commons:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

ecclesiastical, municipal: [Both 'ancient' and 'present' city arms].

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560