Ayrshire-Ardrossan-1854 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22959

Map Date:

1854

Repository reference:

Ayrshire Archives A-MP 2/3/14

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Ardrossan

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS229422

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 2737

Map title:

'Feuing plan of Ardrossan the property of the right Honble. The Earl of Eglinton & Winton. 1854.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy of uncertain provenance.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers, Glasgow [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

60 x 55 [map maximum: 77 x 55 with vignette].

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings: Possibly others.

Road names:

partly: All built-up streets named, but not all the new ones.

Buildings:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, navigation aids, misc: Store, Offices.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Ayrshire Archives A-MP 2/3/14; North Ayrshire local history library, Ardrossan [copy].

Industry:

ship yards, timber

Railways:

routes, named, rails, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Castle.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Left: birds-eye from south, apparently pasted on.

Relief:

shown partially: [Castle rock].

Monuments:

Monuments

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Pavilion.

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Dock depth.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1855

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560