Lewis [in Ross-shire]-Stornoway-1762
CBTM:
23027
Map Date:
1762
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPD 1/53
Historic county:
Lewis [in Ross-shire]
Town name:
Stornoway
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NB423328
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NB 4235
Map title:
'Plan of the town and harbour of Stornoway 1762'.
Comments on map:
Not very detailed. Notes on bottom and tidal flow.
Scale:
1:7200
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
29.0 x 44.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, water: Green water-edging.
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: No details: two outlying houses pictorial.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Known copies of map:
TNA [PRO] MPD 1/53 [T1/423].
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Pictorial shipping.
Stated measuerments:
soundings: Probably in feet.
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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