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Renfrewshire-Greenock-1832

CBTM:
21632
Map Date:
[1832]
Repository reference:
National Library of Scotland, Map Room
Historic county:
Renfrewshire
Town name:
Greenock, Gourock
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS277762
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 2573
Map title:
'Greenock.'
Comments on map:
Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Gardner, 163 Regent Street [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.0 x 27.0
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.
Road names:
partly
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Aqueduct, several named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: NLS map library [1832]; CUL 486.6.c.90.10 [1947: in T.W. Hamilton, How Greenock grew...].
Industry:
food/drink, glass, ship yards, rope walk, textiles: Including Bottle Work.
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Ordnance Survey's
1856
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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