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Stirlingshire-Falkirk-1832

CBTM:
21745
Map Date:
? 1832
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.p.67
Historic county:
Stirlingshire
Town name:
Falkirk
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NS887879
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NS 9581
Map title:
'Plan of the town of Falkirk according to the boundary defined by the Act of Parliament 17th July 1832.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Very little 'rural' detail. This copy has had manuscript annotations, including Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway, and the regality.
Scale:
1:3552
Map-maker:
Alexr Black, Landsurveyor, Falkirk [sv], J. Swan, Glasgow [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
51.2 x 65.0
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
other: Projected streets are dotted.
Road names:
generally: Including courts.
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
wharfs
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Washing Green, Well.
Places of Worship:
principal Anglican/established only
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Falkirk History Research Centre A09.177 [original]; NLS EMS.p.67 [photo].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, textiles, uncertain: Kilns.
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Tenement boundaries group:
intersections with frontages only: Between buildings, rather than gardens.
Ordnance Survey's
1858-9
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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