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Aberdeenshire-Aberdeen-1885

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
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