Caithness-Wick-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21672

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Caithness

Town name:

Wick

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ND365506

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ND 3751

Map title:

'Wick'.

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. There is a 'Reference' to six numbered buildings in the town centre.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Henry Martin, 4 Swinton Street, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

32.0 x 23.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

misc: Commercial Hall.

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, NASc RHP 9197.

Industry:

distilling, timber

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Extensive in Pultney Town, almost none elsewhere.

Ordnance Survey's

1872

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560