Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1852
CBTM:
21601
Map Date:
? 1852
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas.4.86.7
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
Comments on map:
In the town-plan section at end of R. Montgomery Martin, ed, The Illustrated Atlas and modern history of the World, The London Printing and Publishing Company: for a further description see Exeter 18257. Dating from BM receipt-dates.
Scale:
1:18,000*
Map-maker:
J. Rapkin [dr, eng], H. Winkles [dr, eng illns], John Tallis & Company, London & New York [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.0 x 36.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours, quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
misc: House of Refuge, Humane Society Ho.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Presumably city.
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.79. BLML Maps 41.d.5, CUL Atlas 4.86.7 2, GwUL, NLS WD.5.T, EMS.s.69, RSGS 'CC130' [H-02] [1850s: in R.M. Martin [ed], Tallis [pb], The illustrated atlas [1850-55]]; BOL G1/ C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992].
Industry:
chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, uncertain, misc: Public Works, Works, factories, Chrystle Work.
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Aound map: six vignettes of buildings and scenes.
Borders:
decorative
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Monument].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal
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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