Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1841 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21793

Map Date:

[1841]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps.15.e.34

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 Glasgow.'

Comments on map:

In Glasgow illustrated in twenty one views..., Montrose: Nichol, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Glasgow: Finlay, London: Longman, London: Tilt & Bogue, 1841.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Nichol, Lithog, Edinr. [lith], J. & D. Nichol, Montrose [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

48.2 x 33.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Not complete.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described. Proposed buildings are without infill.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, misc: Sheds.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, mental, misc: House of Refuge, Humane Society House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.54. [Glasgow] [1840: in William McPhun [pb], McPhun's Strangers Pocket Guide: M.54.I]; BOL G.A.Fol.c.29, EGM 70 [1841: Nichol [lith]: M.54.II]; RGS MR Scotland S/S.13 [515644]; GwUL, EGM 71 [1841: Nichol [lith], J & D Nichol [pb]: M.54.III]; Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/25A [original], /25B [photocopy], EGM 72, NLS EMS.b.1.57 [1844: Nichol [lith], Orr [pb]: M.54.IV]; Mitchell Library, NLS [1841: in Glasgow Illustrated, also Cities and towns of Scotland, both pub Nichol: ?M.54.III]; Mitchell Library [Moir says 1848: not in Moore]; BLML Maps 15.e.34.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, uncertain, misc: Factory, Tar and Soda works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

museums

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom centre: bridge with shipping behind; to left and right: unidentified buildings.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Knoxes Monument].

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560