Ayrshire-Irvine-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21640

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Irvine

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS322388

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 2737

Map title:

'Irvine.'

Comments on map:

Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

B.R. Davies [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.5 x 21.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: NLS map library.

Industry:

stone/builders' yards, lime/cement, abbatoirs, misc: Magnesia Ho, Powder house.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

flagstaff: [Flagstaff as boundary mark: open circle with 'pennant'].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Two fields intersecting the boundary are named.

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1859

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560