Dunbartonshire-Dumbarton-1818 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22011

Map Date:

1818

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 8500(2)

Historic county:

Dunbartonshire

Town name:

Dumbarton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS396754

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 4177

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Dumbarton and its environs. Surveyed by J. Wood 1818.'

Comments on map:

Inset top right on 'Map of Dumbarton Shire from actual survey...', 1:126,720, by John Wood. [Style of county map rather similar to those in the 'Thomson atlas' a few years later.] Scots chains of 74 feet specified.

Scale:

1:7104

Map-maker:

John Wood, Edinburgh [sv], T. Clerk sculpt. Edinr. [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.3 x 32.3 [inset: maximum].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Water Pipe under river.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Castle is bristling with batteries].

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 8500 (2) [1818], Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/686, National Archives of Scotland RHP 9419; Dumbarton Library [photocopy].

Industry:

glass, uncertain, rope walk: Kiln.

Gardens:

shown

Magnetic data:

diagram, value (undated): Value 27.39'.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Site of a Hunting Seat of Robert the Bruce.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Not in built-up parts].

Borders:

decorative: On 'pinned sheet'.

Dedicee of map:

[Main map:] Duke of Montrose.

Ordnance Survey's

1859

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896-7

1:2500

1:10,560