Lewis [in Ross-shire]-Stornoway-1795 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23029

Map Date:

? 1795

Repository reference:

Stornoway Public Library

Historic county:

Lewis [in Ross-shire]

Town name:

Stornoway

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NB423328

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NB 4235

Map title:

'Plan of the towns of Stornoway, Bayhead Imrisligach and Incalete by James Chapman.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from data supplied by Stornoway Public Library. D.G. Moir, Early maps of Scotland, gives a date of c.1795: a note with the map says 'Copy of Chapman's Plan of Stornoway 1750-1800?'. Lots numbered: no cadastre to hand.

Scale:

1:1776

Map-maker:

James Chapman [? author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

170 x 69

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: ['Old Castle'].

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Stornoway Public Library.

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Really a tombstone-style flourish above the title.

Stated measuerments:

other: Acreages.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1849

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560