Banffshire-Banff-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21608

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Banffshire

Town name:

Banff

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NJ689640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 6961

Map title:

'Banff and Macduff'.

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:

Ellis, 61 Gr. Russell Str., Bloomsbury [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.3 x 18.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Mineral Well, roadside Water Trough.

Places of Worship:

misc: One only, at Macduff.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

shown

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, N.E. Scotland Library Headquarters Ba9H.

Industry:

textiles, misc: Salmon House.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:2500

1:10,560

1868

1:2500

1:10,560