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Forfarshire [Angus]-Dundee-1883

CBTM:
23362
Map Date:
[1883]
Repository reference:
BL 10028.cc.27
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 Dundee.'
Comments on map:
In Handbook for travellers in Scotland, 5th edition, London: Murray, etc, 1883, f.p. 322. The original seems to be either copper-engraved, or just possibly an early photo-engraved block.
Scale:
1:15,000*
Map-maker:
Ruddiman Johnson, Murrayfield, Edinburgh [? author], John Murray, Albemarle St [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
22.2 x 15.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
important roads only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Public buildings:
customs, town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Known copies of map:
BL 10028.cc.27 [1883: ed 5: f.p. 322]; BL 10028.ccc.15] [1894: ed 6: f.p. 249]; BL 10028.ccc.24 [1898: ed 6: f.p.249]
Railways:
named, passenger stations, routes
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Clubs and societies:
misc: Albert Institute.
Relief:
shown partially: [Dundee Law].
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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