Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1868
CBTM:
21593
Map Date:
? 1868
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:
'Power & Son's plan of the City of Gloucester and suburbs.'
Scale:
1:4224*
Map-maker:
[W. Knowles, Surveyor, Gloucester [dr], E. Power & Son, Gloucester [lith].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53 x 42
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, offices, other: Packet Office.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
police
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Presumably city.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.62.86.1 ['1862']; BOL C17:70 Gloucester (8) ['1863']; Gloucester Library, local studies ['1868'].
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Monastic and other ecclesiastical remains.
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: cathedral, from south-west.
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Hoopers Monument, statue of Queen Anne].
Retail activity:
publisher of map
Business & commercial:
misc: Commercial Rooms.
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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