Stirlingshire-Bridge of Allan-1853
CBTM:
22084
Map Date:
[1853]
Repository reference:
BL 10370.b.32
Historic county:
Stirlingshire
Town name:
Bridge of Allan
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS792975
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 7897
Map title:
'Plan of Bridge of Allan.'
Comments on map:
F.p.2 in Charles Roger, A week at Bridge of Allan, second edition, Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1853. Of rather questionable value, as a good deal of what is shown appears to be imagination.
Scale:
1:10,560*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
19.2 x 24.2
Number of parts:
1
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
'ordinary' buildings pictorial: Mixture of plan and pictorial: the latter seem to be imaginary.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named wells, route of water pipe.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets, misc: Tontine.
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
NLS NE.9.b.12 [1832]; BL 10370.b.32, NLS A.116.f [1853: in Charles Roger, A week at Bridge of Allan, fp.4]; BL 1607/385 [1855]; BL 10370.aaa.25 [1865].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Statue Gallery.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Routes to battles of Bannockburn and Sheriffmuir,
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Title on banner.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: two equestrians, with bird, apparently looking up at map; top right: scene with tilting: unusual for a map of this period.
Relief:
slopes shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Geodetic notes:
Sighting lines on Stirling Castle and Ben Ledi.
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1860
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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