Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 1LP

Date of visit: 25th Nov 2021

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheltenham is a large spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham became known as a health and holiday spa town resort following the discovery of mineral springs in 1716, and claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain.

Cheltenham stands on the small River Chelt, which rises nearby at Dowdeswell and runs through the town on its way to the Severn. It was first recorded in 803, as Celtan hom; the meaning has not been resolved with certainty, but latest scholarship concludes that the first element preserves a pre-British noun cilta, ‘steep hill’, here referring to the Cotswold scarp; the second element may mean ‘settlement’ or ‘water-meadow’. As a royal manor, it features in the earliest pages of the Gloucestershire section of Domesday Book where it is named Chintenha[m]. The town was awarded a market charter in 1226.

Internal ref number: GL/163/071, 072, 073, 074, 075 & 076

Date of Visit: 25th Nov 2021

Kiosk Type: K6
Door Type: A
Crown: 2 x St Edward & 4 x Tudor
Kiosk Colour: Red
Usage: Art
Phone Number (if known):

Northing & Westing: 51°54’01.1″N, 2°04’32.8″W
what3words: tells.monks.skin
Grid Reference: SO 94881 22419
OS X & Y: 222419, 394881
Latitude & Longitude: 51.900294, -2.075799
UK Postcode: GL50 1LP
County: Gloucestershire


Listed Status: Historic Eng. Ref. 1387625 20/11/1987