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Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1866

CBTM:
22697
Map Date:
1866
Repository reference:
BOL Radcliffe Science Library Maps 15014.d.8
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Glasgow
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS592652
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 5864
Map title:
'Sanitary map of Glasgow arranged according to districts 1866 published by authority of the Board of Police'.
Comments on map:
Not much more than streets and boundaries: no railways. Bottom left is a list of sanitary districts, with their population in 1861.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers, Glasgow [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
77.2 x 57.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted.
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Places of Worship:
cathedral/principal church only
Defence and military:
I
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Sanitary Districts: where the boundaries run along roads the casings are emphasised.
Known copies of map:
BOL Radcliffe Science 15014 d.8.
Industry:
chemicals
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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