Renfrewshire-Paisley-1839 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21900

Map Date:

20.3.1839

Repository reference:

NASc RHP 6401

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:

'Plan of Paisley and its environs from an actual survey by James Knox revised and corrected to the present time by Geo. Martin 20th March 1839'.

Comments on map:

Scales of Imperial and Scotch chains, Yards and Feet. Recorded from varnished copy: some details may be overlooked.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

James Knox [sv], Geo. Martin [author], R. Scott, Edinr [eng], _ Murray & _ Ewart, Paisley [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

84.5 x 59.8

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, partly

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Canals:

shown, basins/docks, wharf

Water transport infrastructure:

quays

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, water works, misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets, misc: Renfrew Shire Tontine.

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

Known copies of map:

NASc RHP 6401; NLS EMS.p.2 [photo].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, textiles

Railways:

routes, rails, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines: Also proposed lines: fairly close to what was built.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Roman fortifications.

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown: [In detail, in John Wood's style].

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: town, apparently from south-east. Bottom right: 'Burgh Boundary from Parliamentary Plan', about 1:31,680.

Relief:

slopes shown: Extensive: almost interfering with detail.

Borders:

distance-graduated type: Graduated at 0.25-mile intervals, apparently originating at the Cross.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

coffee houses: [Coffee Rooms].

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1857

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560