Gloucestershire-Gloucester-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

20479

Map Date:

1900

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2480 (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:

'Map of the city of Gloucester as extended 1900.'

Comments on map:

'Municipal' type, but conventions, e.g. for schools, and sans-serif writing suggest a leaf out of the Stephens and Mackintosh book; comparison with the advertising map of Gloucester [Exeter 21596] shows close 'black plate' similarities. BM RD 12 Oct 1900 blue.

Scale:

1:5000*

Map-maker:

John Jennings, 'City' Works, Gloucester [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

74.3 x 102.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Eye Institution.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2480(1), BOL C17:70 Gloucester (6), CUL Maps.62.90.1, Gloucester Library; Gloucester Library IPB 46861 [Jennings maps used for illustrating Medical Officer of Health reports, 1897-1901].

Industry:

engineering, paper/print, timber: [JENNINGS PRINTING WORKS].

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks: With fountain.

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Llanthony Priory.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Conservative, Liberal

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

stables, misc: Tram Offices & Stables.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Some 'meadows' named.

Ordnance Survey's

1881-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560