Renfrewshire-Paisley-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21657

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Renfrewshire

Town name:

Paisley

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS485640

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 4565

Map title:

'Paisley.'

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]:

54.0 x 43.5

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

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

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Washing House.

Places of Worship:

cathedral/principal church only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

drill halls

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: Boundary turns on hill summits indicated by double circles.

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.

Industry:

distilling, textiles, abbatoirs, misc: [Bleaching], Filtering Tanks.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground: Depiction fragmentary.

Antiquities:

Old Camp.

Landowners and occupiers:

glebe

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

shown partially: [Some hills near boundary].

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Field boundaries shown incompletely; depiction is inconsistent, some being in vicinity of boundary, others without apparent purpose.

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560