Stirlingshire-Stirling-1780 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21674

Map Date:

1780

Repository reference:

NLS Stirlingshire Folder

Historic county:

Stirlingshire

Town name:

Stirling

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NS793939

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NS 7897

Map title:

'Plan of Stirling'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from photocopy presumed to be reduced to 70 %; original in private collection. Inset on A map of Stirling Shire from an actual survey by Charles Ross of Greenlaw engraved by Jas Lumsden, 1780: record relates to town only.

Scale:

1:6264

Map-maker:

Charles Ross, Greenlaw [sv], Jas Lumsden [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

11 x 23

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

Stirling, Smith Museum, NLS Map Library County Folder [p'copies].

Industry:

rope walk

Gardens:

shown, nurseries

Antiquities:

Sites of beheading, 1424, repulson of rebels, 1745, Argyll's Lodging, E. of Mar's Lodgings.

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous service buildings:

[King's Stables].

Dedicee of map:

James, Marquis of Graham [main map].

Ordnance Survey's

1858

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1896

1:2500

1:10,560