Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1844
CBTM:
20471
Map Date:
1.5.1844
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/54
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:
'Map of the city and borough of Gloucester from an actual survey made in 1843 ... by ... Arthur Causton Surveyor'.
Comments on map:
Provision for colouring in boxes on left-hand side.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
Arthur Causton, Surveyor [sv], James Wyld, Geographrer to the Queen and Prince Albert, Charing Cross east [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
111.0 x 90.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Boundaries, churches and 'dissenting', public buildings [black, reversed-out names], Ancient Religious Houses and Ruins, Dwelling Houses [cross-hatched], Warehouses and Outoffices [single-hatched], water, Plantations and Shrubberies, Footpaths, Archways [X], Gardens.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, public buildings emphasised: And house-numbers.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Black with reversed-out cross: Anglican have in addition a black cross within the reversed-out cross; Site of intended new church.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue: Includes Old County Hall.
Penal:
jails/reformatories: Male & female yards, etc, indicated.
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, hospitals, mental, workhouses: Male & female exercising areas, etc, indicated at Lunatic asylum.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish: Detached parts shown in considerable detail.
Known copies of map:
Gloucester Library, Gloucestershire RO D.1740/P.23 [with Chapter estates coloured], TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/54, 55; Gloucestershire RO open access [1994: extract, in John Jurica, Gloucester: a pictorial history, Chichester: Phillimore].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, textiles, timber, misc: Coach Manufactory.
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: The wagonway is the tramway to Cheltenham; with Tram Road Depot.
Gardens:
shown, nurseries: [Elaborate patterning: nurseries indicated by annotation].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Including religious houses and ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: 'View of the Port of Gloucester.'
Borders:
decorative: Repetitive pattern: machine-produced?
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Symbolic elements:
Plumes and 'Ich Dien' on north pointer.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Proposed Road.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
ecclesiastical, municipal: At top and bottom of map.
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
The 'subscribers'.
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Room.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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