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Peeblesshire-Peebles-1880

CBTM:
21746
Map Date:
? 1880
Repository reference:
NLS Map.s.77.26
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 & vicinity'.
Comments on map:
This copy is in a cover with same title, published by James Watson, Bookseller, Peebles. Dated 1880 by NLS.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
34.0 x 22.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
NLS Map.s.77.26 [1880]; BLML Maps 2.a.63, BOL C18:45 Peebles (1), CUL Maps.150.89.1, NLS Map.s.174.26 [1892?: 1:10,560 town, 1:126,720 environs] BL Maps 31.c. 3, BOL C18 b.2, NLS [open shelves], RGS MR 3.H.3 [515749] [1895: pl.LXII in Atlas of Scotland].
Industry:
misc: Wauk Mill.
Railways:
routes, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Rebel army camp, 1745, church ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
misc: Institute.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
Ordnance Survey's
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1897
1:2500
1:10,560
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