Ayrshire-Girvan-1857 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21851

Map Date:

10.1857

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 12816

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Girvan

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NX186981

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NX 1998

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Girvan and adjoining lands the property of the Duchesse De Coigny.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy. Shows extensive projected and unfulfilled development on east side of town, which would have more than doubled its extent. Signed by McDonald, bottom right.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

James McDonald & Son, Ayr [authors].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

108 x 74

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers, misc: Shed, Crane, 2 x Croy.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc, boundary markers: Possibly parish: [with M.Stones].

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 12816 [photo].

Industry:

ship yards, uncertain: Kiln.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, river shoals

Magnetic data:

diagram, value (undated)

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

other: Widths of projected streets.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894

1:2500

1:10,560