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Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1894

CBTM:
21596
Map Date:
? 1894
Repository reference:
Gloucester Library, local studies
Historic county:
Gloucestershire
Town name:
Gloucester
Map type:
advertising
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SO831186
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SO 8318
Map title:
'Borough & County Advertising Co. Leicester business street map of Gloucester.'
Comments on map:
Dated c.1891 by Gloucester Library: includes the Museum (1892-3) but not to library (1900). In their usual style: evidently a straightforward derivative from Ordnance Survey. Advertisements cropped.
Scale:
1:4500
Map-maker:
Borough & County Advertising Co. Leicester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
67 x 52 [map].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
advertising
Colouring:
Buildings, advertising
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Gas Offices.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: St Lucy's Home, Eye Institution.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
Gloucester Library, local studies.
Industry:
engineering, timber
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks: With Orchestra.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: 38 adverisements [cropped from this copy].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
stables, misc: Tram Offices & Stables.
Ordnance Survey's
1881-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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