Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1776 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22898

Map Date:

8.1776

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS 33632.C

Historic county:

Lanarkshire

Town name:

Glasgow

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS592652

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 5864

Map title:

'A plan of Glasgow'.

Comments on map:

Moore says is derived from Ross, 1773. Bottom right is note of longitude, from Greenwich in time, and latitude.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

Rd Collier, Glasgow [author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

61.0 x 52.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, decorative: Buildings, water and border infill all grey.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

conduits, misc: Washing House, Fountain; [Spout Mouth].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police: [Guard House].

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets, misc: Goose dubs [?!].

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.3: Hydro, Taunton, Ref. i44 [5:76: M.3.a]; BL Add.MSS.33632.c [8:76: M.3.b].

Industry:

engineering, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Soap Manufactory; [Granary].

Gardens:

shown: [Mostly by annotation].

Antiquities:

Bishops palace in ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [One resident only].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Borders:

decorative: Map is a 'sheet' with 'pins', inside ordinary grey border.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal, uncertain: [Bottom centre: town seal]; bottom left: crossed anchors under crown.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

misc: Herds House.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560