Ross and Cromarty-Dingwall-1821 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22038

Map Date:

1821

Repository reference:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4

Historic county:

Ross and Cromarty

Town name:

Dingwall

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NH550587

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NH 5459

Map title:

'Plan of the town of Dingwall from actual survey by John Wood Edinr. 1821'.

Comments on map:

Included in John Wood's town atlas. Scale of 66-foot chains.

Scale:

1:1584

Map-maker:

John Wood [sv], T. Clerk Sculpt. [eng], Dingwall, 1 North Bridge Edinr. [sold].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

66.7 x 49.5 [map: plate 68.7 x 52.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, archways, steps to buildings: 'Ladders' might be both steps to buildings and arched passages through them.

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Wells in street.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

drill halls

Education and academic:

schools

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps C.21.e.4 [no watermark], CUL Atlas.2.81.11, NLS EU.31.W [in 1828 Atlas]; NLS [website].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Antiquities:

Castle ruins [apparently small pictogram].

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments: [Earl of Cromarys Monument].

Crosses:

cross

Tenement boundaries group:

intersections with frontages only: Mainly frontages only.

Ordnance Survey's

1869-74

1:2500

1:10,560