Aberdeenshire-Peterhead-1806
CBTM:
21685
Map Date:
14.2.1806
Repository reference:
NLS MS 5859 no.48
Historic county:
Aberdeenshire
Town name:
Peterhead
Map type:
Hydrographic
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NK133462
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NK 1245
Map title:
'Plan of the town and harbour of Peterhead with the works proposed for enlarging and for the improvement of the said harbour'.
Comments on map:
Now in four sections, with some losses.
Scale:
1:864
Map-maker:
John Rennie, London [signs: ? author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
160 x 100
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
piers: Proposed piers also indicated.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Wells: in streets; also mineral well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
NLS MS.5859, no.48 [MS, deteriorated]; NLS [photo].
Industry:
salt
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Miscellaneous:
Indications of cross-sections.
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Relief:
cliffs
Post and telegraphs:
flagstaff
Map material:
tracing-paper
Stated measuerments:
soundings
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1869
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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