Banffshire-Portsoy-1817 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21890

Map Date:

1817

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 11867

Historic county:

Banffshire

Town name:

Portsoy

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NJ590661

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 5565

Map title:

'Plan of the Portsoy Lands belonging to the Right Hon. The Earl of Seafield surveyed by Peter Brown 1817'.

Comments on map:

This omits most of the town, but does seem to show the limits of building.

Scale:

1:2664

Map-maker:

Peter Brown [sv], G. McWilliam [dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

74 x 124

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, estate

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Wells.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only: Including Old Chapel.

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 11867, NASc RHP 11881 [another version].

Industry:

food/drink: [Fisheryards, Fisher Houses].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1865

1:2500

1:10,560