Inverness-shire-Inverness-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21638

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Inverness-shire

Town name:

Inverness

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NH667454

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 6646

Map title:

'Inverness.'

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:

Henry Martin, 4 Swinton Street, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.0 x 39.0

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:

watermills

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

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.

Industry:

food/drink, rope walk, textiles

River and foreshore features:

foreshore: [One section only: Lowest Ebb mark, Ordinary Flood, Highest Flood mark].

Gardens:

nurseries

Antiquities:

Cromwells Fort.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Quite a number of owners indicated outside the immediate built-up area: not all are for boundary location].

Waterbodies:

shown

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1867

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560