Nairnshire-Nairn-1821 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22064

Map Date:

1821

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Nairnshire

Town name:

Nairn

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NH884566

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 8956

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Nairn from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1821'.

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of 66-foot chains.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv], T. Clerk Sculpt. [eng], Nairn, 1 North Bridge, Edinr. [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.3 x 60.2 [map: plate 47.2 x 62.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: Steps to one house.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells, Pump [at mansion].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing: [Bathing House].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

Highland Archive (Inverness) D284; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [watermaked Smith & Allnutt 1828], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Property march stones.

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Frontages only in more built-up part.

Ordnance Survey's

1867-8

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560