Dumfries-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21620

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Town name:

Dumfries, Maxwelltown

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NX973761

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NX 9876

Map title:

'Dumfries'.

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.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Ellis, 61 Gr. Russell Str., Bloomsbury [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.0 x 44.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

windmills, (pictorial), (unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Dock Promenade.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

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, Dumfries, Ewart Lib.

Industry:

engineering

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Mile Stone.

Miscellaneous religious group:

Burns Mausoleum.

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1847-51

1:1056

1:2500

1:10,560

1893

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560

1847-51

1:1056

1:10,560

1893

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560