Ayrshire-Kilwinning-1789 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21809

Map Date:

? 1789

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 3/51-53

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Kilwinning

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS303434

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 2737

Comments on map:

In book of estate plans for Earl of Eglinton, said in National Archives of Scotland catalogue to be by John Aislie, 1789. Town at 1:1776 and 1:3552, Barony of Kilwinmning at about 1 inch to 27 Scottish chains (1:23,976). Cadaster for some lands on 3/53.

Scale:

1:1776

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47 x 32 [x 3]

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Markets and exchanges:

cross

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 3/51 [1:23,976], NASc RHP 3/52 [1:1776], NASc RHP 3/53 [1:3552] [originals]; North Ayrshire [photo].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Abbey ruins, old kirk steeple.

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left on RHP 3//52: Town of Kilwinning, in colour.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1855

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560