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Kirkcudbrightshire-Kirkcudbright-1821

CBTM:
22462
Map Date:
1821
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 9410 (7)
Historic county:
Kirkcudbrightshire
Town name:
Kirkcudbright
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NX682509
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NX 6454
Map title:
'Town of Kirkcudbright 1821.'
Comments on map:
Inset on Southern part of Kirkcudbright-shire. Note of population below title. Rather minimal.
Scale:
1:4500
Map-maker:
Willm Johnson, Edinburgh [dr], Jn Moffat, Edinburgh [eng], John Thomson & Co., Edinburgh [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.3 x 20.0 [inset: maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Mostly ribbons only.
Mills:
watermills
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Spire.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Education and academic:
schools
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
BL 9410 (7), BOL C18 w.4/4, Dumfries, Ewart Lib, RGS MR 1.C.145 [515703], RSGS '159A' [H-10]; NLS [website].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Ferries:
ferry
Walls, embankments, etc:
Embankment.
Tenement boundaries group:
generalised/schematic
Ordnance Survey's
1852
1:1056
1:10,560
1894
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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