Fife-St Andrews-1580 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23510

Map Date:

? 1580

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland website [from MS.20996]

Historic county:

Fife

Town name:

St Andrews

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO513167

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 5216

Map title:

'S. Andre. sive Andreapolis Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana.'

Comments on map:

Website says is by John Geddy.

Scale:

1:2000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49.1 x 34.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

'ordinary' buildings pictorial

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, misc: Pictorial vessels in harbour and sea.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Pictorial well in street.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Defence and military:

town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Known copies of map:

NLS MS 20996 [original]; NLS Map.Fac.s.93 [Scottish Catholic Historical Association]; NLS EMS.s.482 [1980: NLS fac]; CUL Maps.bb.19.G.134 [1998.c: facsimile by NLS]; NLS [website] [reference by Moir to example at St Andrews University Library is mistake].

Industry:

misc: Pictorial nets across foreshore.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, foreshore material specified

Crosses:

multiple crosses, (pictorial)

Miscellaneous religious group:

Former monastries.

Ordnance Survey's

1854

1:1056

1:10,560

1893

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560