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This is an original 1826 printing of GRIFFITH'S HISTORY OF CHELTENHAM (county of Gloucestershire, England). Measuring 12 & 3/8" x 9 & 3/4" and containing [i], xiv, 289, [1], [21] pp. The "List of Plates" includes 2 maps, a plan, and 42 engraved views. Like so many other examples of this title which often have more views, and which often times are Not placed by the binder at the prescribed location, this one actually contains 50 views, 1 plan and two maps (1 folding). These include two unlisted views of the Literary Saloon located in the Appendix, and the text is followed by 21 leaves of etched, engraved and mostly illustrated advertisements for Cheltenham establishments printed on 1 side only. All of the images credit their creators, many of which throughout were engraved or etched in copper by the printers of this volume; S. Y. Griffith, Chronicle Office, Pittville Street, Cheltenham. The volume has been rebound in a deep burgandy leather (photos make it look lighter in color), and it looks to be the original gilt-titled black leather spine label mounted on the new spine. The endpapers are of a stiff brown paper embossed with a leather grain. The book has a protective cardboard slipcase, which is fairly worn and soiled and has obviously protected the book since its rebinding. Cheltenham in 1933 Cheltenham stands on the small River Chelt , which rises nearby at Dowdeswell and runs through the town on its way to the Severn . [5] 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'. [6] 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. Though little remains of its pre-spa history, Cheltenham has been a health and holiday spa town resort since the discovery of mineral springs there in 1716. Captain Henry Skillicorne (1678–1763), is credited with being the first entrepreneur to recognise the opportunity to exploit the mineral springs. The retired "master mariner" became co-owner of the property containing Cheltenham's first mineral spring upon his 1732 marriage to Elizabeth Mason. Her father, William Mason, had done little in his lifetime to promote the healing properties of the mineral water apart from limited advertising and building a small enclosure over the spring. Skillicorne's wide travels as a merchant had prepared him to see the potential lying dormant on this inherited property. After moving to Cheltenham in 1738, he immediately began improvements intended to attract visitors to his spa. He built a pump to regulate the flow of water and erected an elaborate well-house complete with a ballroom and upstairs billiard room to entertain his customers. The beginnings of Cheltenham's tree-lined promenades and the gardens surrounding its spas were first designed by Captain Skillicorne with the help of "wealthy and traveled" friends who understood the value of relaxing avenues. The area's walks and gardens had views of the countryside, and soon the gentry and nobility from across the county were enticed to come and investigate the beneficial waters of Cheltenham's market town spa. King George III in the 1780s The visit of George III with the queen and royal princesses in 1788 set a stamp of fashion on the spa.The spa waters can still be sampled at the Pittville Pump Room , built for this purpose and completed in 1830; it is a centrepiece of Pittville , a planned extension of Cheltenham to the north, undertaken by Joseph Pitt , who laid the first stone 4 May 1825. Cheltenham's success as a spa town is reflected in the railway station, which is still called Cheltenham Spa , and spa facilities in other towns that were inspired by or named after it ************************ Payment is requested within five days of auction's close. After payment is received normal shipping is within 4 days; super quick shipping can be arranged, JUST ASK. INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: We do not falsify customs with lowered or raised values, altered contents, etc. Please do not ask. You are responsible for all duties, customs & fees related to shipping the item to your country. Please note our years of positive feedback.... it offers proof of the overall satisfaction of our customers for over 20 years of selling Books, Maps, Autographs, Prints and other mostly Paper items on eBay. It is because items are accurately described and guaranteed, and carefully packaged. Our goal has always been your happiness with your purchase. 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