Baunton, Cirencester map print from the Manchester and Southampton Railway plans

Reproduction prints from the Manchester & Southampton Railway plans 1846

Each print is presented on artwork quality papercard of A3 dimensions, ideal for framing, and is shipped flat in a “Do Not Bend” envelope. The image itself is 39 x 21 cms. The detail is crisp and fascinating.

With the print comes details of the land adjacent to the proposed line and a CD upon which is a digital image of the original plan to allow for on screen examination of the full details.

Although the Manchester and Southampton Railway wasn’t built in the 1840’s the Midland and South Western Junction Railway, and the Andover to Redbridge Railway (the Sprat and Winkle line) were eventually constructed along almost the same route.

Baunton and part of Cirencester, Gloucestershire.

This is plan number 48 from a series of 60 which mapped the proposed railway from Southampton to Cheltenham.

Some of the features shown include Bowling Green Farm, Whiteway Farm, Stratton & Baunton Mills, the village of Baunton with dwellings and church, Turnpike roads, footpaths and streams. The part of Cirencester show is today part of Cirencester Park.

The plots of land adjacent to the proposed railway are numbered and also supplied with the print will be a copy of the relevant pages from a directory which accompanies the original plan. For each numbered plot this gives details of the property, its ownership, lessee and occupier. For example Plot 41 on this map is Baunton Mill and described as "Mill, yard, buildings and brook", owned and occupied by Edward Haines.The plan thus provides details of the social history of the location, and who lived in Baunton near Cirencester, over 160 year ago.

£20

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