Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1826 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22097

Map Date:

1826

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.146.82.1

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:

'Map of the city of Glasgow and suburbs. 1826.'

Comments on map:

Prepared for street directory. Not much text apart from street names in the built-up part.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Gray & Son [eng], W. McFeat [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.8 x 31.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Frontages only.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

water works, misc: Named Well.

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Humane So. House.

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.29: CUL Maps.c.146.82.1, GwUL, Mitchell Library G.912, EGM 50, NLS; EGM 48 [Gray & Sons, 1927: 39 x 26, 1:11,520].

Industry:

chemicals, furniture/pottery

Railways:

industrial tramways/waggonways: 'Railway'.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments

Reference system:

distance circles: 0.25-mile, radiating from Steam Boat Quay on north side of River Clyde and from the New Bridge on the south side.

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560