Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21701

Map Date:

1832

Repository reference:

NLS Stevenson Deposit [Parcel 3, no. 10]

Historic county:

Lanarkshire

Town name:

Glasgow

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS592652

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 5864

Map title:

'Franchise map of Glasgow shewing its extent with all the latest improvements and exhibiting the boundaries as laid down by the Parliamentary Commissioners within which Ten Pound Voters exercise the Burgh Franchise.'

Comments on map:

Not over-refined: stylistically reminiscent of the 1:31,680 official 'Dawson' mapping in England.

Scale:

1:15,840

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

55.0 x 42.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Sanitary and utility information:

municipal depots, water works

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, infirmaries, misc: Humane Society House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.40: NLS Stevenson Deposit [Parcel 3, no.10].

Industry:

chemicals, distilling, engineering, furniture/pottery, uncertain, misc: Works, Mills, Soda Works.

Railways:

routes, named

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Between 'of' and 'Glasgow' in title is a Britannia-like figure waving at barrels and sailing boats on the left: to the right is evidently a stylised representation of Glasgow, dominated by smoking smokestacks and a large church with a spire. Neither iconography nor execution are refined.

Relief:

shown partially

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