Kirkcudbrightshire-Kirkcudbright-1711
CBTM:
22816
Map Date:
1711
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/37
Historic county:
Kirkcudbrightshire
Town name:
Kirkcudbright
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NX682509
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NX 6454
Map title:
'The plan of the town and bay of Kirckoubright Ano. 1684 humnbly presented to The right honble. the Board of her Majestie's Ordnance; by Theodore Dury. 1711.' [sic].
Comments on map:
Scale of 1 inch to 180 Scotch Ells of 3ft 1in [in fact is also 1 inch to 7.5 Scottish chains]: 1:6660. Not very detailed: only included on grounds of antiquity and scale: emphasis is on navigation.
Scale:
1:6660
Map-maker:
Theodore Dury [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
132 x 54
Number of parts:
1
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial: One with steeple [town house].
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/37 [WO 78/1837] [1711 copy]; TNA [PRO] MPHH 1/37 [WO 78/1838] [1741 copy]; NLS EMS.p.13 [poor photo]; TNA [PRO] MR 1/952 [1741: C. Lempriere: original]; NLS EMS.p.12 [1741: poor photo].
Gardens:
shown
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Drape.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Extensive pictorial shipping.
Dedicee of map:
Board of Ordnance.
Ordnance Survey's
1852
1:1056
1:10,560
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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