Elginshire [Morayshire]-Elgin-1855
CBTM:
22090
Map Date:
1855
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.aa.139.85.1
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 in the county of Moray from a new survey, together with illustrations of the principal buildings, &c., chiefly from Daguerrotypes, by Thos. S. Hutchon, C.E. Elgin, 1855.'
Comments on map:
Seems to be mixture of litho and hand-colour. This copy has later railways neatly added in manuscript. Scale of imperial chains.
Scale:
1:3960
Map-maker:
Thomas Smith Hutchon, C.E. Elgin [sv], Keith & Gibb, Draftsmen, Lithographers & Engravers to the Queen, 15 Union St, Aberdeen [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.0 x 55.0 [map maximum: printed area 93.3 x 64.3].
Number of parts:
2
Legends:
boundaries: With note of parishes.
Colouring:
water, boundaries, other: Ground to illustrations light brown, apparently printed; water blue, boundary possibly yellowy, both hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised: 'Ladders' seem to be passages through buildings: cf John Wood, whose style somewhat resembles this.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, misc: Anderson's Institution.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, misc: Old royalty tinted yellowey.
Known copies of map:
CUL Maps.aa.139.85.1, Elgin Public Library, National Archives of Scotland RHP 45029, RHP 46126, RSGS '189A' [I-01] [originals]; RHP 31042 [photo].
Industry:
engineering, lime/cement, textiles, warehousing, timber, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
misc: Ornamental Fountain.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Castle, Cathedral and other ecclesiastical ruins.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round edge: 35 drawings; to left of seal: runic stone discovered in 1823.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Town seal: top centre].
Residual industrial land-use and waste:
relict industry: Old Mills.
Dedicee of map:
The Earl of Fife: not very conspicuous, bottom centre.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1868
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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