Dumfries-1841
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
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