Lewis [in Ross-shire]-Stornoway-1821
CBTM:
21702
Map Date:
1821
Repository reference:
NLS Map.Rol.b.43 [Acc.11282]
Historic county:
Lewis [in Ross-shire]
Town name:
Stornoway
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NB423328
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NB 4235
Map title:
'Plan of ground for building on & acres &c Surveyed by J. Wood Edinr. 1821'.
Comments on map:
Considerably more is intended for building that is built. Scale in Scottish chains, specified as 74 ft 1 inch.
Scale:
1:3556
Map-maker:
J. Wood Edinr [sv].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
97.2 x 109.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Houses and streets already built in black, those intended to be built in red.
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Cistern.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
NLS Map.Rol.b.43 [Acc.11282].
Industry:
rope walk
Antiquities:
Old Castle.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary for location purposes
Waterbodies:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1849
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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