Berwickshire-Duns-1824 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21828

Map Date:

1824

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 163

Historic county:

Berwickshire

Town name:

Duns

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT786539

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 7550

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Dunse made by J. Wood Edinburgh 1824'.

Comments on map:

Bottom centre right: 'Taken from Mr Blackadder's survey made in 1821.' Far less text than usual on a Wood map.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

Mr Blackadder [sv], J. Wood, Canaan [author, pb], T. Clerk, Edinr., [eng], Wm Swinton, 60 Princes St, J. Ritchie, High St, Edinr. [pb].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

53.7 x 51.7 [map: plate 57.0 x 55.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Well in street.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Ministers named.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative: Steps to Town House.

Education and academic:

schools: Schoolmaster named.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NLS, NASc RHP 163, ScBA M/27/1 [in strongroom]; NLS [website].

Gardens:

nurseries

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks: Managers/proprietors named.

Landowners and occupiers:

main owner only, notable residents: [In less built-up parts: town noted as principally held in feu from one owner].

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: Landlords named.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560