Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen-1862 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21997

Map Date:

1862

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 7545(2)

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:

'Keith & Gibb's map of the cities of Aberdeen, constructed from recent original surveys and corrected up to 1862.'

Comments on map:

A less elaborate version of the 1:3600 map [Exeter 21996].

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

Keith & Gibb, Draughtsmen, Lithographers & Engravers to the Queen, 15 Union Buildings, Aberdeen [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

57.2 x 74.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, boundaries: Boxes for administrative colouring [absent from this copy].

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, navigation aids

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works, misc: Named Well; waterworks is Water Engine House.

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

misc: Record Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: Police.

Known copies of map:

Aberdeen Archives Loose Plans Box 5, BLML Maps 7545 (2), CUL Maps.130.86.4, CUL Maps.130.86.5, NLS EMS.s.210, Map.l.16.19 [1862]; NLS [website]; BLML Maps 7545 (3), CUL Maps.130.87.1, NLS EMS.s.211.A, NASc RHP 4143 [1871].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, uncertain, misc: Works, Mills, Granite Works.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

shown partially: [A few mounds].

Monuments:

Monuments

Crosses:

cross

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1866-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899-1900

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560