Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1817 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22951

Map Date:

1817

Repository reference:

Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/314

Historic county:

Lanarkshire

Town name:

Glasgow

Map type:

Highways

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NS592652

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 5864

Map title:

'Plan of the roads in the Barony Parish survey'd by Tho. Richardson Glaso. 1817'.

Comments on map:

North side of the river only. This is a tracing of 1899, with proposed boundary extensions of 1843 and 1845 indicated. Scale of 74 foot chains: noted that 74 35/100 make one mile.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Tho. Richardson, Glaso. [sv]

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

113.0 x 75.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

other: Cross-road measurements [outside built-up area].

Colouring:

roads, water, boundaries

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

mental

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [Royalty].

Known copies of map:

Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/314 [1899 tracing].

Industry:

distilling, engineering, furniture/pottery

Parkland:

botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560