Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22096

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.122.86.1

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.'

Comments on map:

On back of 'Vistor's Map. The Queens Hotel... Glasgow... The Royal Hotel... Edinburgh', map of central Scotland and southern highlands. Dated c.1860 in CUL cards, which seems right for railways. Very little text on map apart from street-names. Letterpress statistics (mostly fiscal) flank title.

Scale:

1:18,000*

Map-maker:

Maclure & Macdonald, 20 St Vincent Place [eng].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

25.2 x 17.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings emphasised but not named.

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.c.122.86.1.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

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