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Fife-St Andrews-1580

CBTM:
23510
Map Date:
? 1580
Repository reference:
National Library of Scotland website [from MS.20996]
Historic county:
Fife
Town name:
St Andrews
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO513167
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 5216
Map title:
'S. Andre. sive Andreapolis Scotiae Universitas Metropolitana.'
Comments on map:
Website says is by John Geddy.
Scale:
1:2000*
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
49.1 x 34.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water, land-use
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, misc: Pictorial vessels in harbour and sea.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Pictorial well in street.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only, (pictorial)
Defence and military:
town gates, town walls, (pictorial)
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Known copies of map:
NLS MS 20996 [original]; NLS Map.Fac.s.93 [Scottish Catholic Historical Association]; NLS EMS.s.482 [1980: NLS fac]; CUL Maps.bb.19.G.134 [1998.c: facsimile by NLS]; NLS [website] [reference by Moir to example at St Andrews University Library is mistake].
Industry:
misc: Pictorial nets across foreshore.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore, foreshore material specified
Crosses:
multiple crosses, (pictorial)
Miscellaneous religious group:
Former monastries.
Ordnance Survey's
1854
1:1056
1:10,560
1893
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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