Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1777 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22488

Map Date:

[1777]

Repository reference:

BL 287.f.17

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:

'Plan of the City of Glasgow and of the villages of Calton & Gorbells with a part of the adjacent country... from an actual survey of Mr James Barry's...'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of John Gibson, The history of Glasgow, Glasgow: Chapman, Duncan, 1777. Pretty minimal.

Scale:

1:6000

Map-maker:

James Barry [sv], Andw Ready, Engraver in Glasgow [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.0 x 48.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Nothing inside blocks.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown: Mostly indicated by churchyard.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.4: BL 287.f.17, G.5468, BOL Gough Scotland 212, Mitchell Library, EGM 24, NLS NE.13.b.16 [1777: in John Gibson, The history of Glasgow (1777)]; NLS EMS.p.29 [1777: photo]; EGM-20 [1875: Simpson: 18.75 x 15 ins, 1:6336]; [Glasgow] [n.d.: Bemrose]; Mitchell Library [n.d.: later C19 photolitho].

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [One hill].

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560