Dumfriesshire-Thornhill-1851
CBTM:
21931
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 38146/14
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.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from 75 % photocopy: scale seems to be about 1 inch to 28 yards, 1:1008. NASc cards say is by McCallum & Dundas, 1851. This derives from an 1843-4 survey, very similar in content [Exeter 21959].
Scale:
1:1008
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
88 x 55
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings, other: House numbers, yard areas, building infill, indication of detached occupancies.
Colouring:
roads, owners: Possibly others.
Buildings:
inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished: By shading, as explained in legend.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Pumps in street, Wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
orchards
Known copies of map:
NASc RHP 38146/14.
Industry:
textiles
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: A sort of multiple-stiff-sunburst effect round words in title: remarkably heavy and ugly. Top left 'Morton No.12' surrounded by leaves: the least unpleasant decoration of the map.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: unnamed monument at crossroads [called 'Cross' on 1818 map, Exeter 21933].
Monuments:
misc: Base of unnamed monument at crossroads: cf vignette.
Symbolic elements:
North pointer has flowers and leaves: not as ugly as the title.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Sidewalks indicated by pecked lines.
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
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