Forfarshire [Angus]-Montrose-1840
CBTM:
23131
Map Date:
[1840]
Repository reference:
National Library of Scotland RB.el.4 [North Reading Room]
Historic county:
Forfarshire [Angus]
Town name:
Montrose
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO714575
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 7257
Map title:
'Plan of Montrose.'
Comments on map:
In Montrose illustrated in five views with plan of the town..., Montrose: J. & D. Nichol, 1840. Scale graduation is eccentric [198], 99, [0], 198, 396 yards.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
[J. & D. Nichol [pb].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
31.3 x 48.5
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, boundaries: Hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, mental, misc: House of Refuge.
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
NLS RB.el.4.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: Academy; top right: House of Refuge; bottom left: Royal Lunatic Asylum; bottom right: Infirmary. [Parish church is on title page of work.]
Relief:
shown partially: [Mound].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1861-2
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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