Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1863 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22944

Map Date:

? 1863

Repository reference:

Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, B.310346

Historic county:

Lanarkshire

Town name:

Glasgow

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS592652

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 5864

Map title:

'New pictorial plan of Glasgow, engraved & published by J. Davis Miller 3 Buchanan Street.'

Comments on map:

Rather lacking in text: a cheap-looking production, which seems to derive from Swan [Exeter 22945], but is much less refined. Dating from John Moore.

Scale:

1:12,500

Map-maker:

J. Davis Miller, 3 Buchanan Street [eng, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.5 x 38.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

fragmentary: A few outlying ones

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Crude blocks only.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: Washing House.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge, Humane Society Ho.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.89: Mitchell Library B310346 [in Miller's New & complete guide] [M.89].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Stations are 'depots'.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: Glasgow Cathedral; top centre: Glasgow Bridge; top right: Royal Exchange; bottom left: New Post Office; bottom right: Queen's statue.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelsons Mont].

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [Bottom centre: circular, 'Let Glasgow flourish', with child-supporters].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560