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Fife-Cupar-1775

CBTM:
21991
Map Date:
20.6.1775
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.49.82
Historic county:
Fife
Town name:
Cupar
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO375145
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 3615
Map title:
'Plan of Cupar'.
Comments on map:
Inset top left on John Ainslie, 'The counties of Fife and Kinross with the Rivers Forth and Tay', 1:63,360. Scale assumed to be in Scots chains.
Scale:
1:3552
Map-maker:
John Ainslie [sv, eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
12.5 x 18.8 [inset: maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BLML K.49.82, Maps 8895(5), BOL Gough Maps Scotland 42, CUL Maps.b.140.77.1, NASc RHP 3801, RHP 3814, RHP 9424, RGS MR Scotland D.3 [515456] [1775]; NASc RHP 30431 [photo]; NLS [website] [1775]; BLML Maps 8895 (2), BOL C18 a.1 [1801: Faden].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, textiles
Gardens:
shown
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Relief:
shown partially: [Mounds].
Borders:
decorative: On 'pinned sheet'.
Crosses:
cross
Dedicee of map:
[Main map:] Major General John Scott, M.P. for Fife.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
Ordnance Survey's
1854
1:1056
1:10,560
1893-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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