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Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1847

CBTM:
21740
Map Date:
1847
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.2.106
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 the city of Glasgow.'
Comments on map:
Extensive sans-serif.
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
Allan & Ferguson lith Glasgow [lith], Robert Stuart & Co., 159 Ingram St [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
36.7 x 20.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.70: GwUL, Mitchell Library, EGM 77, NLS EMS.b.2.106 [1847: fp 1 pf James Pagan, Sketch of the history of Glasgow: M.70.I]; [Glasgow] [1852.c: pb Allen & Ferguson: M.70.II].
Industry:
metallurgical processing, uncertain: Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Cemeteries:
shown
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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