Dumfries-1897
CBTM:
22967
Map Date:
1897
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. 1897.'
Comments on map:
Rather a come-down after the Halliday map [Exeter 2296]. Advertising on the back [now obscured by mounting].
Scale:
1:6600
Map-maker:
J. Maxwell & Son, Publishers [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
56.3 x 48.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, other: Public, etc, buildings, including cemeteries and sports grounds: carmine.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
boat houses
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Washhouse.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, workhouses, misc: [Poorhouse is 'Workhouse']; Crichton Royal Institution.
Education and academic:
schools, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
auctions, exchanges
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Known copies of map:
Dumfries, Ewart Library.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, textiles
Railways:
goods depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle.
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: old and new bridges.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous religious group:
Burns Mausoleum.
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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