Kinross-shire-Kinross-1823 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22059

Map Date:

1823

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Kinross-shire

Town name:

Kinross

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NO109021

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NO 0804

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Kinross from actual survey by J. Wood Edinr. 1823.'.

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of 66-feet chains. note of population in 1821 below 'References'.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

J. Wood, Canaan, Edinr. [sv, pb], T. Clerk [eng], Wm. Swinton, 61 Princes St, Edinr. [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

37.5 x 45.0 [map: plate 39.5 x 46.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: Steps to Kinross House.

Mills:

watermills

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 9340 (1) [1823]; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website]; Perth, A.K. Bell Library, Local Studies [facsimile].

Industry:

textiles

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [Including innkeepers and ministers].

Waterbodies:

shown

Geodetic notes:

Bearing to the Castle [pecked line in Loch Leven].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1853

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560