Inverness-shire-Fort William-1856 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21962

Map Date:

1856

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 2693

Historic county:

Inverness-shire

Town name:

Fort William

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NN102740

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NN 1075

Map title:

'Fort William. Plan of Government property'.

Comments on map:

Fort and adjoining lands: to accompany lease of government lands. Signed by Taylor 24 November 1856.

Scale:

1:1200

Map-maker:

Hugh Taylor [? author].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

84.0 x 70.0

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours: Property and tenure colours.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, owners, utilities

Building names:

clergy residences

Buildings:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Proposed water-pipes.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 2693.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Map material:

tracing linen

Cemeteries:

shown

Estate boundary ownership:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1871

1:2500

1:10,560

1899

1:2500

1:10,560