Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1773
CBTM:
21977
Map Date:
1773
Repository reference:
NLS [open access photocopy]
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Glasgow
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS592652
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 5864
Map title:
'A plan of Glasgow'.
Comments on map:
Inset bottom left on 'A map of the shire of Lanark...': surround is 'pinned sheet' style.
Scale:
1:5280*
Map-maker:
Charles Ross, Greenlaw [sv], Geo. Cameron [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
30 x 29 [inset: maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
clergy residences
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Quite detailed.
Sanitary and utility information:
conduits, misc: Washing House; conduit is 'Spout Mouth'.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.2: BLML Maps* 9515 (2), Maps *9515 (4), BOL Gough Maps Scotland 39, CUL Maps.b.146.77.1, Mitchell Library, EGM 18, NLS, NASc RHP 3692, RHP 9428; NLS [website]; [Glasgow] [1860.c: Maclure & MacDonald]; EGM 19 [Allan & Ferguson lith: Barony & Regality of Glasgow in 1773, 16 x 8.4 ins]; [Glasgow] [Johnston, in Glasgow Burgh Records, I]; CUL P690.c.31.36, [Glasgow] [1921: in Scottish Geographical Mag: reduced]; [Glasgow] [1982: Glasgow District Libraries]; NLS photocopy.
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk, textiles, timber, abbatoirs
Gardens:
shown: [Probably the posher ones].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Top centre].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
misc: Herds house.
Dedicee of map:
[Main map:] Nobility & gentry of county.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
building ground
Ordnance Survey's
1857-8
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1892-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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