Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1852 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22486

Map Date:

[1852]

Repository reference:

BL 10370.a.42

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:

In Adolphe Joanne, Itineraire descriptif et historique de l'Ecosse, Pais: Maison, 1852, f.p. 47. Some text is translated, e.g. 'Asyle des Aveugles', 'Douane', some is not.

Scale:

1:10,000*

Map-maker:

Regnier et Dourdet, 8 Passage Ste Marie, (Rue de Bac) [eng], Gratia [lith], L. Maison, Editeur, Paris [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.5 x 26.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but unnamed.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

customs

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, misc: Tontine.

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.77: BL 10370.a.42 [in Adolphe Joanne, Itineraire descriptif et historique de l'Ecosse].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Cleland Testimonial.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson's Monument].

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