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Fife-Kirkcaldy-1832

CBTM:
21645
Map Date:
[1832]
Repository reference:
National Library of Scotland, Map Room
Historic county:
Fife
Town name:
Kirkcaldy, Linktown
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT278915
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2290
Map title:
'Kirkaldy'.
Comments on map:
Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Ellis, 61 Gr. Russell Str., Bloomsbury [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
33.3 x 24.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, piers
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: NLS map library, Kirkcaldy Public Library.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified: [Sand specified].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
glebe
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits: Engine Ho at boundary turn at Dunniker Colliery.
Stated measuerments:
boundary lengths
Ordnance Survey's
1854
1:1056
1:10,560
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1854
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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