Forfarshire [Angus]-Arbroath-1893 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22454

Map Date:

1893

Repository reference:

BL pp.2511.td

Historic county:

Forfarshire [Angus]

Town name:

Arbroath

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO643412

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 6138

Map title:

'Plan of the Royal Burgh of Arbroath, shewing the parliamentary, municipal and ward boundaries. Prepared specially for the Arbroath Year Book.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. in The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, Arbroath: Brodie & Salmond, 1893. Map appears to be straightforward derivative from Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:7040

Map-maker:

Brodie & Salmond, Lithographers, Arbroath [lith, [pb]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.5 x 35.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Mostly frontages only.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, navigation aids, misc: Crane, Breakwater, Pilot Office.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, pumping stations, misc: Water Tower, named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: YWCA Hall.

Education and academic:

schools, misc: Meterological Station.

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward, misc: Parliamentary boundary.

Known copies of map:

Angus Archives P25 [photocopoy of n.d. version]; Dundee Central Library, Local History section, E.1891 [1893]; BL PP.2511.td [1893].

Industry:

engineering, rope walk, textiles, timber, uncertain: Factory, Works, Bonded Stores, Asphalte Works.

Railways:

routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Disused railway.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: Including indications of rocks.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, libraries/newsrooms

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Abbey Ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown, curling ponds

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes

Commons:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only, coffee houses: [Coffee Ho.].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560