Renfrewshire-Paisley-1781
CBTM:
21756
Map Date:
1781
Repository reference:
NLS BCL.B.5909
Historic county:
Renfrewshire
Town name:
Paisley
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS485640
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 4565
Map title:
'A plan of the town of Paisley and suburbs with part of the adjacent country from a survey of Wm Semple by Jas. Lumsden Engraver Glasgow 1781'.
Comments on map:
Faces title of George Crawford and William Semple, The history of the shire of Renfrew, Paisley: Alex. Weir, William Semple, 1782. Note at top of map of numbers of houses, people, looms and houses built each year, 1777-81.
Scale:
1:7200
Map-maker:
William Semple [sv], James Lumsden, Glasgow [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.0 x 44.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
misc: Tolbooth.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown, orchards
Known copies of map:
NLS BCL.B.5909 [original], EMS.p.6 [photo], NASc RHP 6324; NLS A.122.b [1886: in Robert Brown, The history of Paisley, 1886].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, textiles, timber
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents, owners shown incompletely: [Owners of unbuilt-on land].
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Olive-branch effect round dedication.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Round map: nine, of notable buildings and, presumably, notable residences.
Relief:
prominent hills
Borders:
misc: Lettered divisions: upper case left to right, lower case top to bottom.
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous pictorial and decorative:
Rowing boat in plan on river.
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Above dedication].
Cemeteries:
shown
Geodetic notes:
Note at top of map of latitude and longitude.
Dedicee of map:
Magistrates & Town Council of Paisley.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Ordnance Survey's
1857
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
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