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Orkney-Kirkwall-1846

CBTM:
21893
Map Date:
1846
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 2863
Historic county:
Orkney
Town name:
Kirkwall
Map type:
estate
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
HY449111
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
HY 3512
Map title:
'Sketch of Kirkwall and St. Ola.'
Comments on map:
Seems to be connected with burgh property: not much other than buildings shown.
Scale:
1:9756*
Map-maker:
James Craig [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
117 x 113
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours, ownership: Feuing.
Colouring:
water, owners: Burgh property.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Known copies of map:
NASc RHP 2863 [anor copy: RHP 2864].
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Ordnance Survey's
1878
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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