Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1820
CBTM:
22955
Map Date:
1820
Repository reference:
Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/11
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Glasgow
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NS592652
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 5864
Map title:
'Map of the Royalty of Glasgow shewing its connection with the suburbs and the boundaries of the different parishes into which it is divided 1820'.
Comments on map:
This looks like a manuscript draft for the published map of 1822 [Exeter 22048]. Bottom left is 'Engraved by '. District, hill and rural house names are in gothic.
Scale:
1:10,800
Map-maker:
David Smith [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
43.0 x 57.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water, boundaries, land-use: Grey water.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
misc: Humane Society's House.
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [Royalty: numbered points along boundary]. Provision made for parishes in table of names, but they do not appear on the map.
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.20: Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/11 [M.20].
Industry:
food/drink
Gardens:
nurseries
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top left: small-scale map of Barony parishes.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelson's Monument].
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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