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Lithlithgowshire [West Lothian]-Linlithgow-1820

CBTM:
22062
Map Date:
1820
Repository reference:
BLML Maps C.21.e.4
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:
'Plan of the town of Linlithgow surveyed by John Wood 1820.'
Comments on map:
Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of Scots chains of 74 ft 1.25 ins. No engraver given.
Scale:
1:1776
Map-maker:
John Wood [sv], Linlithgow, 1 North Bridge, Edinburgh [sell].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
43.7 x 67.7 [map: plate 44.0 x 68.0].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown, archways, public buildings emphasised: 'Ladders' probably denote arched passages.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Wells in streets (some named), Washing Green.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Tron.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
National Archives of Scotland RHP 9161; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; National Archives of Scotland RHP 10842, West Lothian Library L8.55 [photos]; NLS [website].
Industry:
food/drink, textiles
Antiquities:
Palace ruins, 'Regent Murray was shot from this House'.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mile Stone.
Tenement boundaries group:
intersections with frontages only
Ordnance Survey's
1855
1:1056
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
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