Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1835 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22103

Map Date:

? 1835

Repository reference:

BL PP.6000.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:

The standard reversed-image style for Pinnock's Guide to Knowledge.

Scale:

1:18,103

Map-maker:

J. Archer [eng], W. Edwards, 12 Ave-Maria Lane, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

23.2 x 16.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Some free churches evidently named after their ministers.

Public buildings:

police

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: Andersonian Institution.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

bazaars, exchanges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.47: BL PP.6000.b [4 vols, 1833-6], GwUL, EGM '64' [?recte 65] [1835];

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, paper/print, furniture/pottery, textiles, misc: Crystal, Soda and Tar Works.

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, trade and livery company halls

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