Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1832
CBTM:
21768
Map Date:
? 1832
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.s.69.B
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:
'Glasgow'.
Comments on map:
Dating from NLS cards and John Moore (no.43).
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
J. Dower, Pentonville, London [dr, eng], Orr & Smith, Amen Corner, Paternoster Row [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.2 x 21.3 [map: plate 28.2 x 22.8].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Sheds.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: Magdalen Asylum.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories, misc: Andersonian Institution.
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.43. NLS EMS.s.69.B.
Industry:
chemicals, bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, metallurgical processing, paper/print, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Starching Works, crystle, bottle and tar works, Lamp Black Factory.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, trade and livery company halls: [Trades Hall].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: New Exchange.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments
Ferries:
ferry
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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