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Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1848

CBTM:
22945
Map Date:
? 1848
Repository reference:
Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, family studies [open access drawers]
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 & suburbs, engraved expressly for the Post Office Directory, by Joseph Swan. 65 St Vincent Street.'
Scale:
1:12,500
Map-maker:
Joseph Swan, 65 St Vincent St [eng, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.5 x 40.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
fragmentary: A few outlying ones
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only: a few buildings cross-hatched but not described.
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works, misc: Washing House.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge, Humane Society Ho.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets, misc: Tontine.
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.71: Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1847]; Mitchell Library-FHO EGM 80, EGM 80A [1848: in PO Annual Glasgow Directory for 1848-1849: M.71.I]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1849]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1850: M.71.II]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1851]; Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/31 [2 copies], Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1852: M.71.III]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1853: M.71.IV]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1854]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1855: M.71.V]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1856: M.71.VI]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1857: M.71.VII]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1858: M.71.VIII]; NLS NH 675 [1859: M.71.IX]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1860]; Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/35, Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1861: M.71.X]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1862]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1863: M.71.XI]; Glasgow, Mitchell Library-FHO [1864].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations: Stations are 'depots'.
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, unspecified
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Mont].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
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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