Banffshire-Portsoy-1890 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21892

Map Date:

? 1890

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 11935

Historic county:

Banffshire

Town name:

Portsoy

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NJ590661

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 5565

Map title:

'Town of Portsoy lying in the Parish of Fordyce and County of Banff'.

Comments on map:

This is by the same hand as NASc RHP 14771, supplying date and authors. Holdings numbered; no cadastre to hand.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

? John Murray [sv], H.C. Lowee [rv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.0 x 86.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 11935 ['anon' copy]; NASc RHP 14771 [photo of signed copy with C20 additions].

Railways:

routes, named, platforms, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1865

1:2500

1:10,560