Clackmannanshire-Alloa-1825
CBTM:
21972
Map Date:
1825
Repository reference:
NLS [open access photocopy]
Historic county:
Clackmannanshire
Town name:
Alloa
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS885926
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 9295
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Alloa from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1825'.
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy.
Scale:
1:2772
Map-maker:
John Wood, Edinburgh [sv], T. Clerk [eng], P. Brown & T. Nelson, Edinr [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.7 x 48.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
piers, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Well, named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
NLS; NLS [website].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, ship yards, timber
Railways:
routes
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners, main owner only: [Not many: including ministers of churches. Note bottom left: 'NB. This Town is Partly in Tack and Partly in Feu from the Noble Family of Mar'].
Relief:
shown partially: [A mound].
Ferries:
ferry
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete: Mostly absent in more built-up part.
Ordnance Survey's
1861-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1899
1:2500
1:10,560
You can download the pdf version of this map
here