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Perthshire-Perth-1765

CBTM:
22912
Map Date:
1765
Repository reference:
Perth & Kinross Archives, PE/P372
Historic county:
Perthshire
Town name:
Perth
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO119236
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 1221
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Perth with the adjacent environs surveyed and drawn by Henry Buist in 1765'.
Comments on map:
This seems to be a sympathetic 19th century transcript: not very distinct. Contents of blocks tabulated at sides.
Scale:
1:2400
Map-maker:
Henry Buist [sv, dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
109.5 x 98.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Blocks without internal details.
Mills:
watermills
Water transport infrastructure:
quays
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Town's Stables.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
Perth & Kinross Archives PE/P372; National Archives of Scotland RHP 42686 [photo]; Perth A.K. Bell Library [ex Sandeman Library]; NLS A.58.a, Perth & Kinross Archives PE/P391 [1893: 24 x 30 cm, in Robert Milne, The Blackfriars of Perth].
Industry:
food/drink, oil/soap etc, uncertain, misc: Kilns, Fisheries.
Antiquities:
Several: including former churches.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [Some are tabulated].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Above title: north front of hospital; bottom right: St John's steeple.
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Dividers above scales.
Arms and heraldry:
royal arms, municipal, uncertain: [Town top left]: royal and others in cartouche.
Ordnance Survey's
1859-60
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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