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1893 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland with Detailed Maps

1893 Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland with Detailed Maps

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By Francis H. Groome

This multi-volume resource contains

  • Gazetteer (1755 pages) provides details of history and development of Scotland in general and individual counties, cities, towns, villages and points of interest in particular. 
  • Maps 37 detailed high resolution full colour maps (county, region & town plans). Some maps are scaled to show individual buildings.
  • Photographs large format black and white

The high resolution maps can be magnified on your screen clearly, up to 600% to 800% or more so you can inspect the mapped areas in extreme detail. Maps can be printed in large formats with clarity. The best printing results will be achieved on a high quality paper at a  printing shop.

Table of Contents with Examples

1893 Gazetteer of Scotland

  • Vol 1 - Aan to Eynort (560 pages) Example Page
  • Vol 2 - Fad to Lyth (568 pages) 
  • Vol 3 - Maam-Ratagain to Zetland (504 pages) 
  • General Survey of Scotland (121 pages)
    • Leading physical features
    • Mountains, lakes, rivers, and islands
    • Botany of Scotland
    • Geology
    • Zoology
    • Agriculture
    • Fisheries
    • Deer forests and grouse moors
    • Industries, shipping, trade and commerce
    • Roads, canals, railways, steamers, telegraphs etc
    • Population
    • Education
    • History
    • Ecclesiastical history
    • Administration
    • Scottish language and literature
    • Gaelic language and literature

County Maps of Scotland (high resolution colour):

  • Aberdeenshire
  • Argyll-Bule
  • Ayrshire
  • Banff
  • Bernick
  • Caithness Example County map
  • Dumbarton
  • Dumfries
  • Edinburgh-Midlothian
  • Elgin-Nairn
  • Fife-Kinross
  • Forfar
  • Haddington
  • Inverness
  • Kincardine
  • Kirkcudbright
  • Lanark
  • Linlithgow
  • Peebleshire
  • Perth-Clackmannan
  • Renfrew
  • Ross-Cromarty
  • Roxburgh
  • Selkirk
  • Stirling
  • Sutherland
  • Wigtown 

Regional maps of Scotland 1893 (high resolution colour)

  • Shetland islands Example Regional map
  • Orkney
  • Hebrides and Skye 
  • Estuary of the Clyde
  • Estuary of the Forth 

Town Plans of Scotland 1893 (high resolution colour)

Photographs - large format black and white

  • Aberdeen Example photo
  • Balmoral
  • Ben-Lamond
  • Ben-Nevis
  • Brechin Cathedral, Roundtower
  • Bridge on the Earn  
  • Corra-Linn
  • Donolly Castle Oban
  • Dunstaffnage Castle
  • Edinburgh Castle , National Gallery
  • The Chuchullins and Loch Coruisk

The complete original title: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical, and Historical, published 1893

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1755 page gazetteer + 37 maps in full colour
Originally published by William MacKenzie, Edinburgh, 1893
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton 2014 

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