Lanarkshire-Airdrie-1846
CBTM:
21773
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.1.48
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Airdrie
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS761655
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 7067
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Airdrie from actual survey 1846.'
Comments on map:
A derivative of John Wood, in his general style, but without attribution and with extensive use of sans-serif text. Scale assumed to be of English chains: if so, is 1:2500. Note on population, bottom left.
Scale:
1:2500
Map-maker:
James Turner & Co., Lithographers &c, Lothian Road, Edinburgh [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.8 x 61.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Manure Depot.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Airdrie Library U9 255, U9 389, NLS EMS.b.1.48; NLS [website].
Industry:
distilling, food/drink, textiles
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations, misc: Shed, B.Office.
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts, in usual Wood style].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls: [Trades Hall].
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1858
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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