Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1855
CBTM:
23524
Map Date:
[1855]
Repository reference:
Glasgow University Library
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 5854
Map title:
'New pictorial map of Glasgow, engraved & published by Robin & Lindsay...'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. In New & complete guide through Glasgow.
Scale:
1:12,000
Map-maker:
Robin & Lindsay, 3 Buchanan St [eng, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
52.8 x 38.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Blocks only: some buildings are emphasised but not named.
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Washing Ho.
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge, Humane Society Ho.
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.80: Glasgow University Library.
Industry:
chemicals, distilling, engineering, glass, ship yards
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Some estates outside built-up area].
Waterbodies:
shown
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Three at top, two at bottom, of cathedral, bridge, exchange, post office and Queen's statue: are the 'pictorial' element.
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Mont].
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Bottom centre].
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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