Dumfries-1886 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22966

Map Date:

1886

Repository reference:

Dumfries, Ewart Library

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 Dumfries and Maxwelltown'.

Comments on map:

'Altered from Ordnance Survey' by Halliday. The inclusion ofd the Highland Society's show-ground perhaps indicates why the map was produced.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

James Halliday, Surveyor [author], Curr & Co., High Street [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.5 x 71.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

roads, water, other: Public buildings carmine, others hatched grey.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

boat houses

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses, misc: [Poorhouse is 'Workhouse']; Girls Home.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

auctions, exchanges, markets

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, uncertain: Probably wards.

Known copies of map:

Dumfries, Ewart Lib [also as 1:7920 reduction].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Factory, Laundry, Naptha Works, Coach Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations: Tracks omitted to G. & S.W.R. goods station.

River and foreshore features:

misc: Fountain.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Burns House [carmine].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Seven vignettes of notable buildings, etc: four along top of map, three along bottom.

Monuments:

Monuments: [Including Martyrs Mon.].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Burns Mausoleum, Convent.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground, misc: Site of Highland & Agricultural Society's Show 1886, [Building plots, Ground to sell for building purposes].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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