Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1873
CBTM:
23360
Map Date:
[1873]
Repository reference:
BL 10028.cc.24
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 for Murray's Handbook.'
Comments on map:
In Handbook for travellers in Scotland, 3rd edition, London: Murray, 1873, f.p. 141. The map may have been printed by Stanford, who were certainly responsible for smaller-scale maps in the volume.
Scale:
1:21,120
Map-maker:
Edwd Weller [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.7 x 16.3
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most buildings which are emphasised, including churches, are unnamed.
Canals:
shown, basins/docks
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, quays: Intended docks.
Public buildings:
customs, town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
blind, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, schools
Markets and exchanges:
misc, exchanges, markets: Tontine.
Known copies of map:
BL 10028.cc.24 [1873: ed 3: f.p. 141]; BL 10028.cc.25 [1875: ed 4: f.p.141]; BL 10028.cc.27 [1883: ed 5: f.p. 159].
Industry:
chemicals, ship yards, timber
Railways:
named, goods depots, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines, routes: Passenger lines shown with chequers: freight and projected lines shown with 'sleepers'.
Leisure and entertainment:
etc, art galleries, public halls, theatres
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Monuments:
Monuments, statues: [Nelson's Mont; seven statues in George Square: all named].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
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
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