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Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1877

CBTM:
21598
Map Date:
1877
Repository reference:
Gloucester Library, local studies, GL 65.32 (1)
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:
'Cadle's map of the City of Gloucester corrected to the extended boundary 1877.'
Comments on map:
Scale suggests this is an updated version of the Ordnance Survey 1:2640 of 1852. Not much text apart from street names.
Scale:
1:2640
Map-maker:
C. & J. Cadle, Land Agents & Surveyors, Gloucester [authors].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
114.5 x 124.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, offices
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Gas Valve.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Marked by crosses (including Quaker M.H.): only cathedral is named.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Domestic Training Institution.
Markets and exchanges:
markets: Pens in cattle market.
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
scattered tree cover, misc: Willow Beds.
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: City.
Known copies of map:
BOL C17:70 Gloucester (9), CUL Maps.62.87.1-, Gloucester Library, local studies.
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown: [Indicated by paths: a few with 'bushes'].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Llanthony Abbey.
Waterbodies:
shown
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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