Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen-1822
CBTM:
22029
Map Date:
? 1822
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.4
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 cities of Aberdeen'.
Comments on map:
Included in John Wood's town atlas. Specifies Scots chains of 74 feet; apparently 1 inch to 8.5 Scots chains. Bottom: note of population and 'NB. The Plan of the New City is Continued from Mr Smiths Survey made in 1809 by John Wood Edinburgh'.
Scale:
1:7548
Map-maker:
John Wood, Canaan [author, pb], T. Clerk [eng], Wm Swinton, 60 Prices St & J. Ritchie High St Edinr. [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
66.0 x 51.8 [map: plate 52.2 x 69.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some outlying mansions shown pictorially.
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, misc: Record Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
cross, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Aberdeen Archives SR Dr 1 [1824: 'William Wood']; National Archives of Scotland RHP 13044; Aberdeen Library, BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown, nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Magnetic data:
diagram, value (undated)
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Outlying only].
Relief:
prominent hills
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1866-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899-1900
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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