Argyllshire-Oban-1846
CBTM:
21850
Map Date:
9.1846
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 13606
Historic county:
Argyllshire
Town name:
Oban
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NM860300
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NM 8730
Map title:
'Plan of Oban Burgh shewing its Parliamentary boundary
Comments on map:
Manuscript, sans-serif lettering: could be taken as printed.
Scale:
1:2400
Map-maker:
Robert Stevenson [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
73.3 x 76.7
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Level of Mill Loch noted as at September 1846.
Colouring:
Buildings, water, boundaries, owners: Grey buildings.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, quays
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc, boundary markers: Parliamentary boundary, in red.
Known copies of map:
Oban Council Offices [via Moir], NASc RHP 13606, NASc RHP 38086.
Industry:
distilling, timber, misc: Farina Work, Coal Yard.
Railways:
projected or otherwise unbuilt lines
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Estate boundary ownership:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1867
1:500
1870
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1898
1:2500
1:10,560
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