Forfarshire [Angus]-Dundee-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22485

Map Date:

[1873]

Repository reference:

BL 1572/1090

Historic county:

Forfarshire [Angus]

Town name:

Dundee

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO405302

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 4329

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Dundee reduced from original drawings in the Town Surveyors Office by Robert Davidson C.E.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from version f.p. 160 in [J.M. Beatts], The municipal history of the Royal Burgh of Dundee, Dundee: 'The proprietor', 1873. Buildings numbered: no reference provided.

Scale:

1:14,908

Map-maker:

Robert Davidson C.E. [author], G. Girdwood, Dundee [eng, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.2 x 23.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds: 'Pleasure Ground'.

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Actually borough.

Known copies of map:

NLS Map.s.183.18 [1860]; BL 1582/1090, NLS A.118.a [1873: in John Maclean Beatts [author & pb], Municipal History of the Royal Burgh of Dundee].

Industry:

ship yards

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Relief:

shown partially: [The Law].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1871

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1900-1

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560