Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1859 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22076

Map Date:

? 1859

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 9555 (3)

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:

'Maclure & Macdonald's map of the city of Glasgow surveyed & compiled from the best authorities by Hugh H. Maclure C.E.'

Comments on map:

Statistical notes bottom right: suggest date of 1858-9. Scales of feet and furlongs: slightly short of 1:7920.

Scale:

1:7992

Map-maker:

Hugh H. Maclure C.E. [author], Maclure & Macdonald, Engravers, Draughtsmen & Lithographers to the Queen, Glasgow [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

101.5 x 62.5 [map: plate 104.2 x 65.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

quays, river stairs, wharfs, misc: Cranes, Proposed Dock.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, water works, reservoirs, misc: Washing House.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Ch', not described.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge, Night Asylum, Humane Socy House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

bazaars, exchanges, markets, misc: Tontine.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

John Moore's no.84: BOL C18:45 Glasgow (9) ['1858']; BLML Maps 9555 (3), CUL Maps.146.85.1 ['1859?'], Mitchell Library B241820, Royal Faculty of Procurators Library, Hill Collection [1859-60]; Glasgow City Archives D-TC 13/36 [4 copies] [1864-5].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, uncertain: Mills, Factory.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc, museums

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

mechanics institutes, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Borders:

decorative: Multiple-keyboard, quite narrow.

Extractive activity:

coal, quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments

Crosses:

cross

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Old Brick Fields.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Stated measuerments:

other: Lengths of bridges.

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560