Renfrewshire-Greenock-1895
CBTM:
21999
Map Date:
[1895]
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 31.c.3
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 Greenock'.
Comments on map:
In J.G. Bartholomew et al. [ed], The Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Atlas of Scotland, Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1895, plate LVIII. [Preface uses word 'cartography': 'The series of town plans has also been thoroughly revised to present date by local officials.' [sic].] [The Bartholomew Printing Record [in National Library of Scotland, Map Library], records that 1090 copies of a version of this map were printed for a Greenock directory on 21 March 1892.]
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
John Bartholomew & Co. [author, pr, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
53.3 x 43.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
transport: Tramways.
Colouring:
water, land-use, general highlighting of district: Public open spaces green; light yellow land-tinting.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, water works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
infirmaries, misc: Mariners Asylum, House of Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, misc: Police boundary; possibly wards: '7th Ward' has been imperfectly erased.
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps Gaz. 411, RGS MR Gazetteers [515678] [1883: Greenock, 1:18,103 [smaller version, without building-hatching, of the 1895 Atlas map], in Francis H. Groome (Ed), Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland, Edinburgh, London &c: Jack, 1883, Vol III, f.p.218]; BLML Maps 31.c.3, BOL C18 b.2, RGS MR 3.H.3 [515679] [1895: Greenock, Pl.58 in Atlas of Scotland]; NASc RHP 5622/1 [1899: burghs of burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock].
Industry:
engineering, ship yards, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, abbatoirs
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
misc: Greenock Bank, but no foreshore.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Clubs and societies:
mechanics institutes, unspecified
Borders:
keyboard type
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Arms and heraldry:
publisher: [Royal Scottish Geographical Society, at head of plate].
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
[Atlas:] Queen Victoria.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: A few.
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
1856
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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