Inverness-shire-Fort William-1776 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21695

Map Date:

5.1776

Repository reference:

NLS Acc.7681

Historic county:

Inverness-shire

Town name:

Fort William

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NN102740

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NN 1075

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Gordons Burgh and gardens park &ca belonging to it. Survey'd May 1776.'

Comments on map:

Scales of [Scottish] chains, ells and feet.

Scale:

1:900

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

75.5 x 82.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings

Buildings:

shown: Four colours, to indicate whether of stone, wood or feal, or roofed with slate or thatch.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Washing House.

Education and academic:

schools

Known copies of map:

NLS Acc.7681.

Industry:

food/drink

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: [High and low water springs, high water ordinary tides].

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Land claimed by Crown].

Relief:

slopes shown

Commons:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560