Forfarshire [Angus]-Dundee-1871
CBTM:
22809
Map Date:
9.1871
Repository reference:
Dundee Central Library, Local History section, D.1871
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Dundee
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO405302
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 4329
Map title:
'Plan of the Burgh of Dundee shewing the wards into which the burgh is divided for municipal purposes, under the 'Dundee Police & Improvement Act, 1871.''
Comments on map:
Emphasis seems to be on administration more than way-finding.
Scale:
1:10,800
Map-maker:
James Watson, Assistant Town Surveyor, Dundee [author], G. Girdwood, Dundee [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.8 x 35.3
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
boundaries: Printed tints: legible.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most areas are uncased shading.
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, navigation aids
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Drying Green.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
recreation grounds
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Ward, misc: Parliamentary and ancient royalty boundaries.
Known copies of map:
Dundee Central Library, Local History section, D.1871.
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, ship yards, textiles, uncertain: Mill, Works.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Relief:
shown partially: [Dundee Law only].
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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