Title: A History of Charlton Park

Contents

Introduction, Acknowledgements & Picture Rights pages 1 - 2
Contents of 'E-Book' (this page) page 3
A 19th Century quotation in a 21st Century context page 4
Charlton Park (2008) and its historic links to London & Royalty page 5
Putting Cheltenham & Charlton Park on the global map  pages 6 - 7
1746 Estate Map page 8
1811 Estate Map and 1982 aerial photograph page 9
1843 Estate Map pages 10 - 11
Town Maps (parts of) 1880 - 1935 page 12
Historic surface interpretation of Old Park  page 13
Landscaping work and the ice-house page 14
Engravings of Charlton Park (1789 - 1820s) pages 11 and 15
Modern views of Charlton Park (1980s - 2008) pages 16 - 17
Early occupants (Simon de la Ford - c1232) page 18
John Grevill (1401) pages 19 - 25
John Prinn (1701) pages 19 - 25
Two Paintings c1740 (Charlton Park & Cheltenham High Street) page 24
Sir William Russell 1839-1875 (1st 2nd and 3rd Baronets) pages 26 - 27
Albert Brassey 1875 (Primary mortgagee for Sir William Russell) page 28
Richard Vassar-Smith (1875) pages 28 - 30
Dorothy Marriott (nee Vassar-Smith) & her c1920 photographs pages 30 - 37
Hugh William Reeves (1922) pages 39 - 41
Cheltenham College (1931) page 40
Charlton Park Convent (Mansion & grounds from 1935) page 38
The major turning point for Charlton Park (after 1960) pages 42 - 45
Charlton Park's modern residential development (after 1975) page 46
Pre and post-development pictures around Charlton Park pages 47 - 53
View from St Edward's School and on the Lilleybrook (2008) page 54
Charlton Park's more recent residential developments pages 55 - 56
Cheltenham from Leckhampton Hill (1840 & 2008) pages 57 - 58
Protecting and preserving what we have around here page 59
A quotation and photograph on a modern footpath page 60
History in the Making - The Future pages 61

 

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