Elginshire [Morayshire]-Burghead-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21697

Map Date:

5.1837

Repository reference:

NLS MS.5845, no.84

Historic county:

Elginshire [Morayshire]

Town name:

Burghead

Map type:

Hydrographic

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NJ111691

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 1267

Map title:

'Plan of the town and harbour of Burghead'.

Comments on map:

Note below title on dimensions of feus (numbered in each street). 'The Herring Sheds, and Salt Cellars, on the West side, built on ground gained from the Sea, are already occupied by industrious Fish Curers'. Map may have been designed to promote the harbour extension.

Scale:

1:1800

Map-maker:

George McWilliam, Land Surveyor, Elgin [sv], Robert Ray [dr], R.W. Hume, Leith [lith].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.5 x 52.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, quays, misc: Fishing Stations.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

NLS MS.5845, no.84.

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

public parks

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Left of map: plan and sections of proposed extension to pier.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Fisher Houses.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: With stables.

Stated measuerments:

other: Steet widths, notes on dimensions of new pier.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1870

1:2500

1:10,560