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Forfarshire [Angus]-Forfar-1832

CBTM:
21628
Map Date:
[1832]
Repository reference:
National Library of Scotland, Map Room
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Forfar
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO456507
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 4651
Map title:
'Forfar.'
Comments on map:
Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
Ellis, 61 Gr. Russell Str., Bloomsbury [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.0 x 35.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
windmills
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, boundary markers: [Boundary stone, spring and others markers of new boundary, various Stones [pictorial], apparently delimiting Town Lands].
Known copies of map:
Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: NLS map library, Forfar Public Library.
Industry:
food/drink
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Two estates].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
shown partially: [One hill].
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
kennels
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile Stone.
Ordnance Survey's
1860
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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