Orkney-Kirkwall-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21647

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Orkney

Town name:

Kirkwall

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

HY449111

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

HY 3512

Map title:

'Kirkwall'.

Comments on map:

Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. There is a 'Reference' to six numbered buildings in the town centre.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Henry Martin, Swinton Street, London [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.0 x 26.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Ordinary buildings black, 'public' ones hachured.

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: NLS map library.

Antiquities:

Cromwells Fort, Bishops Palace in Ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary for location purposes

Waterbodies:

shown

Walls, embankments, etc:

Embankment.

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:2500

1:10,560

1900

1:2500

1:10,560