Fife-Kirkcaldy-1809 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22799

Map Date:

10.11.1809

Repository reference:

Kirkcaldy Public Library

Historic county:

Fife

Town name:

Kirkcaldy

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT278915

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2290

Map title:

'Plan of the Royal Burgh of Kirkcaldy.'

Comments on map:

'Remarks and References', bottom right has description of town, including water supply, and notes on street widths and scope for widening. Map-date is that on the reference: less text than on the manuscript version [Exeter 22798].

Scale:

1:2220

Map-maker:

Richd Moore, Attested Surveyor [sv], [Kirkwood [eng]].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

42.0 x 71.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Buildings proposed for demolition for street widening.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Kirkcaldy Public Library, NLS EMS.s.302; NLS [website]; National Archives of Scotland RHP 2834 [1897.c: tracing].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1854

1:1056

1:10,560

1894

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560