Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22941

Map Date:

? 1850

Repository reference:

Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, EGM 82

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. Corrected to the present time by J. Dower, F.R.G.S.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy: later note added that date is about 1850. Style is a mix of the Rapkin-Tallis and Weekly Dispatch styles.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

J. Dower, F.R.G.S. [author].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

52.5 x 37.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: A minority of emphasised buildings are unnamed.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, quays, wharfs, misc: Proposed docks.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: Several are just 'Chu.'

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

blind, hospitals, misc: Humane Societys Ho., Reformatory for Boys.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

Glasgow, Mitchell Library, local studies, EGM 82.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, misc: Lucifer Match Works.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Scotts Pillar, Nelsons Mont].

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560