Lithlithgowshire [West Lothian]-Linlithgow-1820 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22088

Map Date:

1820

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 9620 (6)

Historic county:

Lithlithgowshire [West Lothian]

Town name:

Linlithgow

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT001771

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 9581

Map title:

'Town of Linlithgow &c. 1820.'

Comments on map:

Inset on 'Linlithgowshire', 1.12 inches to 1 mile (1:56,570), part of Thomson's atlas project. 'Drawn by William Johnson 1820'. Not much text; scale of feet. Appears quite independent of John Wood's contemporary map [Exeter 22062], covering a larger area.

Scale:

1:9600

Map-maker:

William Johnson [dr], Hewin [eng], John Thomson & Co., Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 11.8

Number of parts:

1

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown, basins/docks, other: Aqueduct and bridges noted.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 9620 (6), BOL C18 e.4/7, NLS, RGS MR 1.C.145 [515713], RSGS; NLS [website].

Industry:

textiles

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Crosses:

cross

Ordnance Survey's

1855

1:1056

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560