Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1797
CBTM:
22101
Map Date:
1797
Repository reference:
GwUL
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 the City of Glasgow from a survey in 1797.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from John Moore, The Maps of Glasgow (1996), p.49. Bottom centre: 'Engraved for Chapman, Stewart & Meikle's Guide to Glasgow'.
Scale:
1:12,000
Map-maker:
J. Denholm [dr], R. Scott [eng], Chapman, Stewart & Meikle [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
28.5 x 18.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Public buildings noted as darker than the others.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Washing House.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
police: [Guard House].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Humane Society Lodge.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets, misc: Tontine.
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
John Moore's nos 12, 14: BL 797.c.16, BOL Gough Scotland 29, GwUL, EGM 34, NLS R.253.h [1797: in James Denholm, Historical Account...of...Glasgow, 1797: M.12]; BL 287.b.38 [1798: in James Denholm, Historical Account...of...Glasgow, 1798]; BL G.5279, BOL Gough Scotland 227, Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/8 [photo], EGM '34' [?recte 36] [1804: M.14]; Mitchell Library, NLS;
Industry:
food/drink, rope walk, abbatoirs
Gardens:
shown: [Annotated areas].
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Decorative cartouches:
symbolic/non-realistic: Title on oval with ships, barrels and tree behind.
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Symbolic elements:
Ships, barrels, tree: surround title.
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weigh House.
Crosses:
cross
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in river, and moored at the Broomielaw.
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
misc: Herds House.
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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