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

CBTM:

22461

Map Date:

[1820]

Repository reference:

BL 10370.bbb.22

Historic county:

Lithlithgowshire [West Lothian]

Town name:

Queensferry

Map type:

Hydrographic

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT130782

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 1281

Map title:

'Plan of North and South Queensferry with the recent improvements surveyed by John Rennie Civil Enginr. By order of the Trustees'.

Comments on map:

F.p.14 of Appendix in Duncan's itinerary of Scotland, Glasgow: Lumsden, Edinburgh: Blackwood, London: Longman, Cary, etc., 4th edition, 1820. Not at all 'urban'.

Scale:

1:15,000

Map-maker:

John Rennie, Civil Engineer [sv].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30.0 x 24.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours, other: Soundings.

Colouring:

other: Old and new piers and roads, and intended roads.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers, misc: Landing place.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BL 10370.bbb.22, BOL G.A.Scotl.Rds.8o 1 [originals: in Duncan's itinerary of Scotland, 4th ed]; West Lothian Library SQ.96 [photocopy].

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, misc: Tidal-flow arrows and data.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Relief:

slopes shown

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Boatmens' houses and gardens.

Stated measuerments:

soundings

Ordnance Survey's

1854

1:2500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560