Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1818 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22492

Map Date:

1818

Repository reference:

BL C.129.c.24

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:

[Top centre]: 'Engraved for Chapman's Picture of Glasgow 1818.' [bottom left:] 'Plan of Glasgow engraved for the Picture of Glasgow.'

Comments on map:

In The picture of Glasgow and strangers' guide, third edition, Glasgow, Chapman, 1818, f.p. [1].

Scale:

1:12,000

Map-maker:

R. Gray sc. [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.0 x 18.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings: Public buildings noted as darker than others.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Washing House.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police: [Guard House].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

bazaars, markets, misc: ['Bazar'], Tontine.

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's nos 15, 18, 19, 24 GwUL, [ed uncertain]; Mitchell Library, EGM 37, NLS NE.13.c.13 [original], EMS.p.36 [photo] [1806: in The picture of Glasgow, 1806: M.15]; BOL G.A.Lanark 16o 24, NLS R.253.g [1812: M.18]; BL C.129.c.24, CUL Maps.146.81.1, EGM 42, NLS F.1.e.1, National Archives of Scotland RHP 12318 [1818: M.19]; BL 1606/1370 [Glasgow] [1822: in W.M. Wade, Tour...peep...Glasgow: M.24]; BL 10369.aaa.2 [1823?: Peep].

Industry:

rope walk, warehousing: Bonding Warehouse.

Gardens:

shown: [College Garden with 'trees': other areas by annotation.]

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson's Monument].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House.

Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:

Pictorial shipping in river.

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

cow-keeping: [Harley's Byres].

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560