Inverness-shire-Inverness-1899 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21760

Map Date:

[1899]

Repository reference:

NLS Y.53

Historic county:

Inverness-shire

Town name:

Inverness

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NH667454

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 6646

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Inverness.'

Comments on map:

Facing title of Inverness burgh directory for 1899-1900, Inverness: Carruthers, n.d. [RD 1 Sept 1899]. Rather rough.

Scale:

1:6336

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

43.3 x 32.2 [map: overall 53.0 x 38.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only: 'Castle' is presumably residential.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, misc: Steamboat Office.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

police

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, drill halls

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, misc: Parliamentary.

Known copies of map:

NLS Y.53.

Industry:

engineering, textiles, timber

Railways:

routes, goods depots, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Cromwell's Fort.

Waterbodies:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Ordnance Survey's

1867

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560