Clackmannanshire-Alloa-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21837

Map Date:

? 1830

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 1230

Historic county:

Clackmannanshire

Town name:

Alloa

Map type:

uncertain

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.'

Comments on map:

National Archives of Scotland catalogue dates it c.1790 and attributes it to John Ainslie: style of drawing suggests 40 or 50 years later. Plots numbered; no cadastre available.

Scale:

1:888

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

79 x 125

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, roads, land-use: Roads shaded grey on inside on both sides.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

fragmentary: Alloa Tower.

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised: Church only is named; other buildings infilled grey are mysterious.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, misc: Coal Fold.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

misc: Tron.

Markets and exchanges:

cross

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 1230.

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways: Described thus, too.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1861-2

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560