Forfarshire [Angus]-Dundee-1860
CBTM:
21739
Map Date:
? 1860
Repository reference:
NLS ELS.b.1.109
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Dundee
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO405302
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 4329
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Dundee and neighbourhood, prepared by Mr James Watson'.
Comments on map:
Dated c.1840 in NLS cards, but style of drawing looks 15 or 20 years later: has railways from east and west stations.
Scale:
1:18,103
Map-maker:
James Watson [author], M'Gregor & Wise, Dundee [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.3 x 21.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only: Extensive.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontage-hatching.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, navigation aids
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward, misc: Parliamentary boundary, Ancient Royalty.
Known copies of map:
NLS EMS.b.1.109.
Industry:
engineering, smithing, ship yards, uncertain: Factory, Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Antiquities:
Fort (on Dundee Law).
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1871
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900-1
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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