Renfrewshire-Port Glasgow-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21662

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Renfrewshire

Town name:

Port Glasgow

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS321745

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 2877

Map title:

'Port Glasgow.'

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 [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

29.2 x 26.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, quays

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

magazines/arsenals

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Parish

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:

ship yards, rope walk

Waterbodies:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

Ordnance Survey's

1856

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560