Dumfries-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21794

Map Date:

[1841]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps.15.e.34

Town name:

Dumfries, Maxwelltown

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NX973761

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NX 9876

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Dumfries.'

Comments on map:

In Dumfries illustrated in eight views..., Montrose: Nichol, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Glasgow: Finlay, London: Longman, London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841. Scale is 1 inch to 3.8 Scottish chains of 74 ft 1.5 ins, i.e. about 1:3390.

Scale:

1:3380

Map-maker:

Nichol, Lith, Edinr. [lith], J. & D. Nichol, Montrose [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.3 x 48.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Including Old Church with Burns Mausoleum.

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 15.e.34 [original]; Dumfries, Ewart Library [fiche]; BL X.805/2003, BOL G.A.Dumfr.4o 14 ['1842': in James Urquhart, Dumfries, pb Robert Dinwiddie, 1981].

Industry:

engineering

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

glebe

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Towards top left: St Mary's Church, Hospital or Poor House; towards top right: Caerlaverock Castle; towards bottom left: Infirmary, New Bridge.

Monuments:

Monuments: [Duke of Queensbury's Monument].

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Haugh Yards [? proper name].

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

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