Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1821
CBTM:
22935
Map Date:
9.6.1821
Repository reference:
Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, EGM 45
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 accurately delineated. Engraved to accompany Glasgow Delineated.'
Comments on map:
For Glasgow delineated, 1821. Some names written against hatching are not readily legible.
Scale:
1:12,432
Map-maker:
R.Scott sc Edinr. [eng], Wardlaw & Cunningham, Glasgow [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
27.7 x 18.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Shaded blocks only.
Canals:
shown, offices
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: Humane Society House, Magdalene Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [Royalty].
Known copies of map:
John Moore's nos 22, 30, 62: Glasgow, Mitchell Library, EGM 45 [1821: in Glasgow delineated, 1821]; NLS Hall.133.j [1821: M.22]; EGM 49, NLS R.253.i [1826: M.30]; EGM 73A [1842: M.62].
Industry:
paper/print: [University Printing Office].
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, museums
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Monument].
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weigh House.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping in River Clyde: dense along the Broomielaw.
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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