Dumfriesshire-Thornhill-1844 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21959

Map Date:

1844

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 37501

Historic county:

Dumfriesshire

Town name:

Thornhill

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NX878954

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NX 8796

Map title:

'Plan of the village of Thornhill the property of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury.'

Comments on map:

Dated '1843-4'. Evidently the model for the 1851 map [Exeter 21931].

Scale:

1:792

Map-maker:

McCallum & Dundas, Edinburgh [? sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

105 x 63

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, other: House numbers, yard areas, building infill, indication of detached occupancies, stone walls, hedges.

Colouring:

roads, owners: Possibly others.

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, steps to buildings: Building distinctions by shading, as explained in legend.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, lamps, misc: Pumps and wells, Lamp.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 37501 [photo].

Industry:

smithing, textiles

Gardens:

shown

Crosses:

misc: Unnamed object [base of cross] at crossroads.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: House numbers, areas of yards in square yards.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560