Ayrshire-Kilmarnock-1819 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22057

Map Date:

1819

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Kilmarnock

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS427380

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 4142

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Kilmarnock surveyed by John Wood 1819.'

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Chains of 74 ft 1.25 ins specified. Bottom right is a table of Parishes in Ayrshire, with dimensions in 'English Miles', population, and distance in English miles from Kilmarnock.

Scale:

1:3552

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv], Kirkwood & Sons [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

51.3 x 65.2 [map: plate 51.7 x 67.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

National Archives of Scotland RHP 1864, RHP 13044; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website]; NLS Map.Fac.b.C18:45K [1992: in James E. Knox: Maps of Kilmarnock, 1792-1992: a selection, Kilmarnock & District History Group].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, abbatoirs

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways: 'Rail Road'.

River and foreshore features:

misc: Dam.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Relief:

shown partially: [One small hill: 'Judgement Seat'].

Tenement boundaries group:

intersections with frontages only

Ordnance Survey's

1859

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560