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Elginshire [Morayshire]-Fochabers-1808

CBTM:
21940
Map Date:
1808
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 2353
Historic county:
Elginshire [Morayshire]
Town name:
Fochabers
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NJ344587
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NJ 3660
Map title:
'Fochabers acres with the lands of Ordiequish'.
Comments on map:
Bottom centre: 'Survey'd Autumn 1808...' New town shown fully built-up.
Scale:
1:1776
Map-maker:
John J. Roy, Surveyor, Banff [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
126 x 193
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Unnamed building [is in fact the church] on south side of square is darker carmine.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
NASc RHP 2353.
Relief:
prominent hills
Ordnance Survey's
1869
1:2500
1:10,560
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