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The town became a non-spa in 2003 when the last functioning well at Pittville Pump Room was found to be leaking, but Cheltenham Borough Council, generously subbed by local business Kohler Mira, committed to fixing it and in 2005 a new borehole was successfully brought into use to restore the supply.
- Regency Architecture
For example, many modern Cheltenham homes reside in plain,...
- Regency Life & Times
Cheltenham became a spa town in 1716, when according to...
- Ellenborough Park
The Spa is a capsule of serenity and wellbeing, complete...
- The Cosy Club
Cosy Club Cheltenham is the perfect setting for your...
- Pittville Pump Room
About. The jewel of Cheltenham’s Regency architecture,...
- Cleeve Hill
Cleeve Hill is located on Cheltenham’s North-Eastern edge,...
- Regency Architecture
- Early Cheltenham
- Cheltenham The Spa Town
- Modern Cheltenham
- A Timeline of Cheltenham
Cheltenham Spa began as a Saxon village. At the time of the Domesday Book (1086), it was a small village with a population of less than 200. However, Cheltenham became a focal point for the surrounding villages. In 1226 King Henry III gave the people of Cheltenham the right to hold a weekly market and an annual fair. (In the Middle Ages fairs were ...
Cheltenham was changed forever in the early 18th century when local people noticed pigeons pecking at salt deposits by a spring south of the town. People began to drink the water believing it would heal all kinds of illnesses. Before long the water was put on sale. In the years 1738-1742 the owner of the spring, a man named Henry Skillicorne deepen...
In 1901 the population of Cheltenham was 49,000. In the later 20th century it grew rapidly. The first council houses were built in the early 1920s at the St Marks estate. Whaddon Farm estate was built in the late 1930s. Many more council houses were built after 1945. Furthermore, the boundaries of Cheltenham were extended in 1974 and 1991. In the 2...
1086 Cheltenham is a little village with a population of less than 200 1226 King Henry III gives Cheltenham the right to hold weekly markets and annual fairs 1660 Cheltenham has a population of about 1,500. The little town has a malting industry and a leather industry. Early 18th Century People in Cheltenham begin selling water from a spring south ...
Apr 3, 2001 · Cheltenham s heyday as a spa lasted from about 1790 to 1840 and these years saw the building of the town s many fine Regency terraces, crescents and villas. ... By 1840 it had also become a ...
Cheltenham's heyday as a spa lasted from about 1790 to 1840 and these years saw the building of the town's many fine Regency terraces, crescents and villas. By 1840 it had also become a popular residential town, particularly for military families, many of whom had served in the Empire.
Cheltenham (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ l t n ə m /) is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in 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. [3]
Cheltenham inevitably declined as a spa town, although it remained a busy tourist destination and also served as a centre for business and the development of craft industries. In 1935, the steam-driven Cheltenham Spa Express - better known as the Cheltenham Flyer, achieved a record-breaking speed of 92.3 mph / 148.5 kph and this train regularly sped its way to Paddington Station in London .
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Cheltenham before the Spa, edited by Alex Craven and Beth Hartland, was published in July 2018.This book describes the evolution of Cheltenham as a small Gloucestershire market town within a large agricultural parish, from the Saxon period until its transformation during the 18th century into a fashionable spa, and its consequent rise to become a major centre of population.
