Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1864
CBTM:
21465
Map Date:
[? 1864]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 4.e.11
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. Corrected to the present time by J. Dower F.R.G.S.'
Comments on map:
Plate 64 in Cassell's British Atlas..., London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d. [BM RD blue 5 DE 64.] Letterpress description below title. Noticably less 'dense' than the OS-derived Edinburgh plate [Exeter 21464].
Scale:
1:15,840
Map-maker:
J. Dower [author], Cassell, Petter & Gilpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, E.C. [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.0 x 32.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many public buildings unnamed.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays, misc: Proposed docks.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, infirmaries, sailors
Education and academic:
schools, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
bazaars, exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
John Moore's no.88. BLML Maps 4.e.11, BOL C15 a.2 [1864-7: Cassell's British Atlas..., London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d.]; RGS, CUL Atlas.3.86.6, Birmingham Reference Library, Leeds (Brotherton) [1860s]; RGS MR 1.B.51 [515648] [1870s: Bacon's plan of Glasgow corrected to the present time]; BLML Maps 11.c.30 [1883: George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; RGS 7.E.17 [515649] [1884: Pl.71 in New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, BOL C15 c.1, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: Pl.72 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 19.c.2, BOL C15 c.3 [1889: Pl.76 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: G.W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1891]; BLML Maps 33.b.32 [1895: G.W. Bacon (ed), Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, engineering, glass, ship yards, paper/print, furniture/pottery, misc: Lucifer Match works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies
Relief:
shown partially: [One hill only].
Extractive activity:
coal, quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
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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