Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1866 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21592

Map Date:

? 1866

Repository reference:

Gloucester Library, local studies

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:

'Plan of Gloucester.'

Comments on map:

Extracted from a book: appears to be derived from the 1841 map [Exeter 21591]. Dated 1866 in a contemporary hand.

Scale:

1:6336*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.8 x 21.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown, offices

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Certainly not complete: e.g. Friends Meeting House is omitted.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Tolsey.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

Gloucester Library, local studies.

Industry:

warehousing: [Warehouses].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Spa Grounds.

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Kimbrose.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Below title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Business & commercial:

misc: Commercial Rooms.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560