Buteshire-Rothesay-1759
CBTM:
21839
Map Date:
1759
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 14107
Historic county:
Buteshire
Town name:
Rothesay
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS088646
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 0862
Map title:
[Volume:] 'A survey of the Isle of Bute (the patrimonial estate of the Earl of Bute) taken in the years 1758 & 1759 by John Foulis', [RHP 14107/35:] 'A plan of the Borough Lands of Rothesay upon the south side of the town', [RHP 14107/38], 'A plan of the town of Rothesay metropolis of the Isle of Bute', [RHP 14107/40:] 'A plan of the Borough Lands of Rothesay upon the north & west sides of the town'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from negative photocopy, ex Marquis of Bute; accompanied by written description. South Side 1:3996; town 1:2220*; North side 1:4440. 74-ft chain specified.
Scale:
1:2220*
Map-maker:
John Foulis [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.0 x 54.5, 30.5 x 36.5, 36.0 x 59.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
estate: Possibly others.
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills, (symbol)
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Washing Green.
Public buildings:
misc: Tolbooth.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, (pictorial)
Markets and exchanges:
cross
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
NASc RHP 14107 [photo].
Gardens:
shown
Landowners and occupiers:
holdings/occupiers: [Presumably occupiers: on edge only].
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in Rothesay Bay.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1862-3
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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