(88) Sheet 88 - Dumfries
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| Ordnance Survey One-Inch Popular edition of Scotland - 1921-1930 > (88) Sheet 88 - Dumfries |
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| Description | Sheet 88 of the Ordnance Survey One-inch Popular Edition of Scotland. It was issued in 1925 at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile (1: 63,360) from a survey done in 1922. The first Ordnance Survey of this area was done between 1847 and 1858. This sheet covers parts of Dumfries-shire and Kirkcudbrightshire, from the River Annan and Lochmaben in the east, to the River Dee and Castle Douglas in the west, including Dumfries and Dalbeattie. A small part of the Solway Firth can be seen in the bottom right corner, with the sandbanks clearly marked. On the right side, the sheet stretches from slightly north and east of Millhousebridge, in Annandale, in the north, to the Middle Bank sandbank in the Solway Firth, in the south. On the left side, the sheet stretches from Lawglass (1270 ft.) and Wether Hill, in the north, to slightly west of Bridge of Dee, in the south. There is one set of References, the scale statement ‘One Inch to One Statute Mile - 1/63360’, with accompanying scale bar, and one other scale bar of 1 centimetre to 1 kilometre. Contours and fathoms are shown, with accompanying information about measurement. Groome's 'Ordnance Gazetteer' (1894) comments about Dumfries, 'in architectural structure, relative position, social character, marketing importance and general influence, holds a high rank among the towns of the kingdom'. |
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| Description | A series of 92 sheets mapping all of Scotland. Ordnance Survey aimed to produce an attractive contoured road map that would be popular with the 'man in the street'. The ‘Popular’ edition was particularly intended for the inter-war generation's leisure hours – cycling, touring or walking through the countryside. |
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