Ayrshire-Prestwick-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21814

Map Date:

? 1780

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 607

Historic county:

Ayrshire

Town name:

Prestwick

Map type:

uncertain

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS353264

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 3424

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Pristwick.'

Comments on map:

Dated c.1780 in catalogue. Purpose unclear: may have been extracted from a book. Shows proposed turnpkie on east which appears not to have been built.

Scale:

1:3840

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.3 x 31.8 [map: plate 22.8 x 32.5].

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

cross

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 607.

Industry:

uncertain: Kiln.

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560