Renfrewshire-Greenock-1842 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23139

Map Date:

9.5.1842

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland [map room] EMS.s.166

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 laid down from an actual survey executed... during the years 1838-1842...'

Comments on map:

An unusual production, combining detailed depiction of both land and water. Historical and population notes, bottom right.

Scale:

1:6000

Map-maker:

Andrew MacFarlane, Land Surveyor, 135 Buchanan St, Glasgow [sv, pb], W. & D. Duncan, 53 Argyll Arcade, Glasgow [eng, pr].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

94.5 x 62.5

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

(unspecified type): Numerous sites for mills needed.

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, navigation aids, quays, misc: Buoys, Wood Yard.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, lamps, reservoirs, water works, misc: Washing Green; Lamp by Quay.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

ecclesiastical districts, Ward, misc: [Quoad sacrum parishes], Parliamentary boundary.

Known copies of map:

McLean Museum, Greenock, NLS EMS.s.166, NASc; NLS [website].

Industry:

engineering, chemicals, food/drink, glass, lime/cement, metallurgical processing, ship yards, paper/print, rope walk, textiles, warehousing, timber, misc: Cooperages, Flint Mill, Paint Mill, Rice Mill, Slate Yard, Store; [warehousing includes Bond Store].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Viaducts and underbridges indicated with pecked 'X'.

Gardens:

shown

Magnetic data:

value (undated), dated value

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [Some owners of houses].

Waterbodies:

shown, curling ponds

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Leafy surround to town arms.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Top centre: Greenock from south-east; bottom: new west parish church; mid parish church; Custom House; Railway Station.

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelsons Monument].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weighing Machine.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Cemeteries:

shown

Geodetic notes:

Note top right as to ascertaining of magnetic variation and latitude and longitude in February 1840 by Colin Lamont and John Clark.

Stated measuerments:

soundings, other: Firm lines showing the channel 4 and 9 feet below low water springs.

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: May be incomplete in most built-up area.

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560