Ayrshire-Ayr-1775
CBTM:
21786
Map Date:
10.1.1775
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.49.41
Historic county:
Ayrshire
Town name:
Ayr
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS337220
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 3424
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Ayr.'
Comments on map:
Inset on A new map of Ayr shire..., 1:63,360.
Scale:
1:4224*
Map-maker:
A. & M. Armstrong [sv], S. Pyle, Angel Court, Snow Hill, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
43.5 x 36.0 [town only].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, jetties, piers, misc: Proposed dry dock.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Washing Green.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries: [Fort: with Brewery and pictorial Tower].
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Ayrshire Archives Casillis & Culzean A/15, BLML Maps 7810 (2), BLML K.Top.49.41, BOL (E)C18:12(5), CUL Atlas.0.77.2,1, Dumfries, Ewart Library, NASc RHP 1723, RHP 2081, RHP 9410; NASc RHP 46898 [photo]; NLS [website]; BOL (E)C18:12(6), CUL Maps.bb.132.95.1-6, Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/675F, Kilmarnock Library [1959: Ayrshire Archaeological & Natural History Soc].
Industry:
food/drink, lime/cement, rope walk
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways: [Coal Waggon Way].
River and foreshore features:
foreshore: Including +++ for rocks.
Waterbodies:
shown
Borders:
decorative: On north and east.
Extractive activity:
coal: With groups of three circles, and Engine.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
Dedicee of map:
[Main map:] Nobility, gentry and subscribers.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
Ordnance Survey's
1854-5
1:1056
1:2500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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