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Perthshire-Perth-1851

CBTM:
22916
Map Date:
? 1851
Repository reference:
Perth & Kinross Archives, Registrars Plans, P1-6
Historic county:
Perthshire
Town name:
Perth
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NO119236
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NO 1221
Map title:
'Plan of the city of Perth.'
Comments on map:
Exeter 22915-22917 and 22920-22921 are very similar in content: dating assumed from increasing refinement of execution. They all seem to derive from Nichol, 1841 [Exeter 21792]. This copy has been annotated with enumeration divisions for the 1861 census.
Scale:
1:3600
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
35.2 x 49.7
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Coal Shore, Coal Slips, Lime Shore.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Aqueduct.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively: Includes St Ninian's Cathedral.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
Perth & Kinross Archives Registrars Plans P1-6.
Industry:
engineering, uncertain: Factory.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, rails, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown: [Larger ones: indicated by 'paths'].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
public parks
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1859-60
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1900
1:2500
1:10,560
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