Dumfriesshire-Moffat-1758 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21846

Map Date:

1758

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 10143

Historic county:

Dumfriesshire

Town name:

Moffat

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT084053

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 0905

Map title:

'First protraction of the town of Moffatt. as it stood 1758.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from negative photocopy. 74-ft chains are specified. Has later annotations, e.g. 'Removed 1771;', 'Ruinous 1772': cf Exeter 21848.

Scale:

1:888

Map-maker:

James Tait [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

49 x 66

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

owners: Property belonging to Marquis.

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 10,143 [photo]; NLS MS.Acc.3522 ['missing'] [1901: tracing by John T. Johnstone]; Dumfries, Ewart Library [photo of 1901 tracing].

Magnetic data:

diagram, dated value

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:2500

1:10,560

1898

1:2500

1:10,560