Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen-1803 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23142

Map Date:

1803

Repository reference:

Royal Scottish Geographical Society '107' [drawer I-05]

Historic county:

Aberdeenshire

Town name:

Aberdeen

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NJ943063

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 9010

Map title:

'Plan of the city of Aberdeen and the intended improvements.'

Comments on map:

The 'intended improvements' include a large grid layout, north of Union Street and west of Den Burn, which was not realised. 'Engraved for Chalmers's Aberdeen Almanack'. Rather lacking in text apart from street names: this copy obviously extracted from a book.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.8 x 21.8 [map: plate 26.0 x 22.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Known copies of map:

RSGS '107' [I-05].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, paper/print, textiles

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [A few marked slopes].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

'New line' of two roads.

Ordnance Survey's

1866-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560