Stirlingshire-Stirling-1740 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22778

Map Date:

1740

Repository reference:

National Archives of Scotland RHP 6393

Historic county:

Stirlingshire

Town name:

Stirling

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS793939

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 7897

Map title:

'A plan of the town & castle of Sterling 1740.'

Comments on map:

Recorded from reduced-scale copy at National Archives of Scotland. In usual Board of Ordnance style. Scale graduated in feet.

Scale:

1:3168

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

76 x 50

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use

Road names:

partly

Building names:

important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised: Frontages with no internal details.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

misc: Place of Execution.

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Various parts of castle named].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

NLS Z.2/21.a,b,c [3 copies]; National Archives of Scotland RHP 6517/11 [reduced scale copy]; NLS [website].

Gardens:

shown

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [Duke of Argyle's and Lord Mar's houses].

Relief:

slopes shown

Tenement boundaries group:

generalised/schematic

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560