Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen-1885 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21806

Map Date:

1885

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 4179

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 revised up to date by Gibb & Hay, Royal Litho Works. Aberdeen.'

Comments on map:

Considerable use of upright Roman for names which would normally be italic.

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

Gibb & Hay, Royal Litho Works, Aberdeen [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

75.2 x 57.7

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries, postal, transport: Recieving Houses and Mail Order Offices (red cross), Pillar and Wall Boxes (red dot), tramways, bus routes.

Colouring:

Buildings, transport.: Red bus routes &c.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some public buildings pictorial, and not all named; colour infill effectively only indicates frontages.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, navigation aids, piers, misc: Old Oak Tree [?!], 50 Ton Shears, Pilots Office, Life Boat houses.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses, misc: Nazareth House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

auctions, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, race courses, sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish, Ward

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 4179 [1885]; Aberdeen Archives Loose Plans Box 5 [1887: no overprint].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, uncertain, misc: Mills, works, Granite, Manure and Jute Works, Steam Laundry.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

ice-skating

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

misc: Money Order Offices.

Antiquities:

Old Bridge (A.D. 1525).

Road transport:

bus routes

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially, cliffs: A few hills.

Post and telegraphs:

letter-boxes, post offices

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

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