Peeblesshire-Peebles-1823 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22066

Map Date:

1823

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Peeblesshire

Town name:

Peebles

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT252405

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 3036

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Peebles from actual survey by J. Wood Edinr. 1823'.

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of 66-foot chains. Note of population in 1821 below 'References'.

Scale:

1:2376

Map-maker:

J. Wood, Canaan [sv, pb], T. Clerk [eng], Wm Swinton, 60 Princes St, Edinburgh [sell].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

50.0 x 50.3 [map: plate 51.7 x 51.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, partly

Buildings:

shown, archways, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: 'Ladders' are probably arched passages.

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

Peebles Library, ScBA M/25/6 [1823]; BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [watermaked Smith & Allnutt 1828], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website]; ScBA M/25/6A [1992].

Industry:

textiles

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, misc: Cauld [dam or weir].

Gardens:

nurseries: ['Furrow' effect].

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Ruined churches.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [Including innkeepers and schoolmasters].

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top left: 'Plan of the environs of Peebles', 1 inch to 16.5 chains (1:13,068).

Relief:

shown partially: [Slope by river].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Crosses:

cross, (symbol): [Circle].

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: Incomplete behind some frontages.

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560