Elginshire [Morayshire]-Grantown-1768 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21936

Map Date:

1768

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 13911

Historic county:

Elginshire [Morayshire]

Town name:

Grantown

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NJ032278

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NJ 0227

Map title:

'A plan of New Grantown... belonging heritably to James Grant of Grant Esqr made from an accurate survey taken Anno 1768 by Alexr. Taylor.'

Comments on map:

Buildings, etc, shown would seem to be those existing, rather than an ideal scheme of things. Map has notes on ground with scope for improvement.

Scale:

1:3552

Map-maker:

Alexander Taylor [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

70.8 x 100.3

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

general legend

Colouring:

Buildings, water

Buildings:

shown

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 13911.

Industry:

smithing, textiles

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1867-8

1:2500

1:10,560