Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1867
CBTM:
23358
Map Date:
[1867]
Repository reference:
BL 10028.cc.23
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.'
Comments on map:
In Handbook for travellers in Scotland, London: Murray, 1867, pp 84-5. Seems to be from wood-engraved blocks, like other contemporary town plans in the Murray Handbooks.
Scale:
1:14,400*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
9.7 x 15.7 [x 2].
Number of parts:
2
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown, basins/docks, wharf
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
blind, infirmaries, workhouses
Known copies of map:
BL 10028.cc.23 [1867: pp 100-1]; BL 10028.cc.26 [1868: ed 2: pp 106-7].
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Relief:
shown partially
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Scott's Statue, Nelson's Monument].
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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