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Elginshire [Morayshire]-Elgin-1838

CBTM:
21958
Map Date:
1838
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 45028
Historic county:
Elginshire [Morayshire]
Town name:
Elgin
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NJ217628
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NJ 2366
Map title:
'Plan of the Burgh of Elgin from actual survey by Robert Ray, Elgin. 1838'.
Comments on map:
Very strong resemblance in style and content to John Wood, but larger owners are named in Eqyptian.
Scale:
1:3960
Map-maker:
Robert Ray, Elgin [sv], Leith & Smith, Lithogrs, Edinr. [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
76.0 x 56.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Including Cathedral in Ruins.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Elgin Public Library, NASc RHP 45028 [original]; NASc RHP 13342 [photo]; NLS [website].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles, uncertain: Steam Mill.
Gardens:
nurseries
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Relief:
prominent hills
Garden and park buildings:
misc: Dove Cot.
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1868
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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