Forfarshire [Angus]-Brechin-1822 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22034

Map Date:

1822

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Forfarshire [Angus]

Town name:

Brechin

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO598601

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 6060

Map title:

'Plan of the city of Brechin from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1822'.

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of Scots chains of 74 ft 1 in.

Scale:

1:3552

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv], N. Douglas, Edinr. [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.8 x 48.8 [map: plate 61.8 x 51.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, misc: Steel Yd.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website].

Industry:

food/drink, textiles, abbatoirs

River and foreshore features:

misc: 'Dykes' [dams] across river.

Gardens:

nurseries: [Dense orchard-like symbol: very striking].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Chapel ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Tenement boundaries group:

intersections with frontages only: Lacking behind some frontages.

Ordnance Survey's

1862

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560