Renfrewshire-Greenock-1818 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22772

Map Date:

1818

Repository reference:

National Archives of Scotland RHP 285

Historic county:

Renfrewshire

Town name:

Greenock

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS277762

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 2877

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Greenock and its environs with the intended improvements by David Reid 1818'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from rather discoloured copy, so a few nuances may be missed. National Archives of Scotland cards say is litho, by J. Craig: work looks more plausibly engraved.

Scale:

1:2520

Map-maker:

David Reid [sv].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

188.5 x 91.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

colours

Colouring:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, J, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets, misc: Tontine.

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Town according to Act of Parliament.

Known copies of map:

McLean Museum, Greenock, National Archives of Scotland RHP 285 [originals]; NLS Map.R.16.f [photo].

Industry:

food/drink, glass, ship yards, timber

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Owners of isolated houses].

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

keyboard type

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Cemeteries:

shown

Estate boundary ownership:

glebe, main owner only: [Greenock Mansion House Policy, Lord Cathcart's Feu].

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: In feet.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560