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Chester Walk | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. 1820 map showing Chester Walk. Just legible above and to the right of the churchyard) and its wider environs when the town was in its infancy. Clarence Street. Was then merely a stump occupied by a terrace called. Leading up to the Royal Crescent. Was newly formed and marked as. Sherborne Rides and Walks. At the bottom of the map is the High Street. Complete with grammar school, and to the right is St George’s Place. Having a ...
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Architecture | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Your simple guide to the architectural features you will see around Cheltenham. Impress your friends by knowing your pedimented porticos from your ogee arches! If you’re familiar with the Bonzo Dog Band song “My Pink Half of the Drainpipe”, I guess this must be “My Brown Half of the Ionic Portico”. Cheltenham is best known for its Regency. Which took various bits and bobs of inspiration from the classical orders. A house in Gr...
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Charles Street (formerly Albert Street) | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Charles Street (formerly Albert Street). This road in St Peter’s, in the area informally known as Lower Dockem, was originally part of Baker Street. When it was first developed in the mid to late 1830s, but by the time of the 1841 census it had its own name –. The other Albert Street. Handmade ceramic butterfly frieze over a door in Charles Street. Though overcrowding is all relative. Charles Street. It’s marked as such ...
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Casino Place | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Photos taken November 2008. How does an unobtrusive service lane round the back end of Montpellier get a name like Casino Place. And for that matter, how many people walk past it every day without noticing it’s there? Appears, unnamed, on the 1834 map. It goes from Suffolk Road. Through to the bottom end of Andover Road. In that part of Cheltenham formerly known as South Town. It runs parallel to Great Norwood Street. Which ar...
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Corpus Street | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Photos taken September 2009. Is a quiet cul-de-sac off the busy A40 London Road. And although only one side survives in its original form it’s a lovely example of a Regency-era artisan street. The origins of Corpus Street – and its name – go back to a time when large areas of land in Cheltenham were held and administered by Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The area of land to the south of London Road was known as. The 1820 map ...
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Index of articles | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Here is an alphabetical list of all the articles on the Cheltonia site. If you’re looking for spa buildings try the Spa Town. Link above, or click Architecture. For a guide to Cheltenham’s Regency buildings. Architectural curiosities: Priory Street. Arle Avenue (Six Chimneys Lane). Bad planning: how The Engineers got spannered. Bristol to Birmingham railway. Charles Street (formerly Albert Street). Doomed: The New Penny.
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Jenner Walk, Jenner Gardens | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Jenner Walk, Jenner Gardens. Newly restored Jenner Gardens. Cheltenham Chapel’s former burial ground) with Jenner Walk. In the background. Photographed September 2009. The Cheltenham town coat of arms bears the motto. In the town centre was an important epicentre of both. The tiny street now called Jenner Walk. Was packed with private academies for young ladies and named after the man who rid the world of smallpox. Dedicated t...
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The Makers of Cheltenham | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. The Makers of Cheltenham. This page is an attempt to pull together information about some of the people who shaped the history of Cheltenham. Not necessarily the illustrious and the famous … there are plenty of books about them already. But the characters who made up the life and architecture of the 19th century town. 8211; builder involved in the completion of Columbia Place. 8211; what a great name! 8211; around 1790 built a...
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Old names | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Over the years a number of street names in Cheltenham have been changed. There were also a lot of individual house and terrace names to be found in old documents and maps which have since fallen out of usage, or been forgotten when the houses ceased to exist. Here’s your guide through the confusion. Entries are divided into four lists:. Still exist but under a different name). Obsolete Names and Lost Places. 8211; not to be co...
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Spa Town | Cheltonia
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The curiosities of Cheltenham Spa, past and present. The Makers of Cheltenham. Old Well, Royal Well, Royal Old Well, or King’s Well. 8211; off Bayshill Road, opened by 1720. Henry Skillicorne died in 1763 and his son William took over the spa, leasing it out to a bloke called William Miller from London. In 1775 a 60ft long mini-assembly room was added, known as the Long Room. It was later adapted as a residence for the pumper, Mrs Forty. The print on the right dates from 1813. In 1849 Skillicorne’s...
