Selkirkshire-Galashiels-1795 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22458

Map Date:

1795

Repository reference:

BL 10369.k.10

Historic county:

Selkirkshire

Town name:

Galashiels

Map type:

estate

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT490365

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 5132

Map title:

'Plan of the lands and barony of Galashiels... belonging to Hugh Scott Esq. of Gala. Surveyed year 1795. by W. Fairbairn. Galashiels.'

Comments on map:

Transcript version, f.p. 76 in Robert Hall, The history of Galashiels, Galashiels: Alexander Walker, 1898. [Original in private hands, according to Moir.] Scale of 1 inch to 18 chains, presumably Scottish (i.e. 1:16,002).

Scale:

1:16,002

Map-maker:

W. Fairbairn, Galashiels [sv].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

32.5 x 44.5

Number of parts:

1

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

PC [original: noted in NLS interleaved copy of Moir]; BL 10369.k.10 [1898: in Robert Hall, The history of Galashiels]; Galashiels Library [uncertain status].

Gardens:

shown

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Relief:

prominent hills

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1897

1:2500

1:10,560