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Lanarkshire-Hamilton-1848

CBTM:
21969
Map Date:
1848
Repository reference:
Hamilton Library
Historic county:
Lanarkshire
Town name:
Hamilton
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS722557
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 7358
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Hamilton and its environs. Laid down from an actual survey executed by the subscriber... Thomas Boyd, 1848.'
Comments on map:
This may possibly derive from some sort of engraving, though lithographically printed.
Scale:
1:4800
Map-maker:
Thomas Boyd [sv], Maclure & Macdonald, Lithographers & Draughtsmen, 20, St Vincent Place, Glasgow [lith].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
61 x 82
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Washing Green.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
barracks
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, orphanages
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: 1832 Parliamentary boundary.
Known copies of map:
Hamilton Reference Lib [1848: original & photo]; NASc RHP 11536, Hamilton Library [photo] [1855.c, Mclure & McDonald, Glasgow [lith]: plan of Hamilton].
Industry:
engineering, food/drink, textiles, timber
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown: Look like orchards; Palace Garden has Bower, Hot House and Vine House.
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground: With Mausoleum.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
curling ponds
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: Hamilton Palace.
Relief:
slopes shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
The Duke of Hamilton, Brandon and Chaterherauilt, &c, &c, K.G., &c, &c, &c.'
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
Ordnance Survey's
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896-7
1:2500
1:10,560
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