Elginshire [Morayshire]-Forres-1823
CBTM:
22047
Map Date:
1823
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.4
Historic county:
Elginshire [Morayshire]
Town name:
Forres
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NJ038590
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NJ 0460
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Forres from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1823'.
Comments on map:
Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of 66-foot chains.
Scale:
1:2376
Map-maker:
John Wood, Canaan [sv, pb], T. Clerk [eng], Wm Swinton, 60 Princes St, Edinburgh [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
58.2 x 41.3 [map: plate 60.0 x 44.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named wells along northern periphery.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Andersons Institution.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets, misc: Plane stones.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS Map.Fac.s.89 [1982: Moray District Library].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown: [Including ministers, local officials, etc].
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelson's Monument: large].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Crosses:
cross, named: [Little Cross: at rural road junction].
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1869
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
You can download the pdf version of this map
here