Lanarkshire-Glasgow-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22078

Map Date:

? 1900

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2.aa.52

Historic county:

Lanarkshire

Town name:

Glasgow, Rutherglen

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS592652

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 5864

Map title:

'Bartholomew's pocket plan of Glasgow reduced from the Ordnance Survey'.

Comments on map:

BM RD blue 25 Sep 1900.

Scale:

1:12,672

Map-maker:

John Bartholmew & Co. [author, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

81.0 x 57.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Reference system, transport: Tramways.

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use: Open spaces green.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: 'Ordinary' buildings uncased red, so could be omitted on monochrome derivatives.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, misc: Mooring places of various steamer-routes, 130 ton Crane.

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works, rubbish destructors, water works, misc: Refuse Dispatch Works.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police

Defence and military:

barracks

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, t, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, recreation grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Parliamentary.

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 2.aa.52, RGS MR Scotland S/S.18 [515653] [recd 31:10:99].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, furniture/pottery, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Works, Factory, Laundry, Chair Wks, Waterproof Works.

Railways:

routes, sidings, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries, misc: Olympia.

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks: Richmond Park named on buildings plate, possibly as a late inclusion. Model Yacht Ponds, Fountains, Band Stands.

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown, curling ponds, skating ponds

Clubs and societies:

unspecified, misc: Stock Exchange club.

Extractive activity:

coal

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Reference system:

squaring: 0.5-mile.

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown, stables

Business & commercial:

misc: Various Chambers.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

hotels or principal inns only

Miscellaneous religious group:

Convent.

Ordnance Survey's

1857-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1892-4

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560