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Forfarshire [Angus]-Forfar-1822

CBTM:
22046
Map Date:
1822
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.4
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Forfar
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO456507
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 4651
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Forfar 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], T. Clerk [eng], Forfar, 1 North Bridge Edinr. [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
50.0 x 43.3 [map: plate 52.5 x 45.2].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills: One Wind Mill has 'wheel' symbol.
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Well, named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative: Proposed County Buildings.
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
boundary markers: [March stones around periphery: pictorial].
Known copies of map:
Forfar Public Library; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [watermaked Smith & Allnutt 1828], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles, abbatoirs
Gardens:
nurseries: ['Furrow' effect].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Not in most built-up part; includes bank managers].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Crosses:
cross, named: [Cross of Forfar: apparently in a back-yard].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
kennels
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
shown: Named by innkeepers.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland
Tenement boundaries group:
intersections with frontages only: Often frontages only.
Ordnance Survey's
1860
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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