COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042439
Shelfmark:
Adv.MS.70.2.10 (Gordon 63)
Holding Institution:
National Library of Scotland
Title:
Sulway fyrth Liddesdale Es[kdale...]
Creator:
Pont, Timothy (b.1564, d.Circa 1614)
Creator Role:
Surveyor
Creator:
Gordon, Robert (b.1580, d.1661)
Creator Role:
Mapmaker
Date:
1634-1655
Description:
A map of the western part of the border lands between England and Scotland, compiled by Robert Gordon of Straloch (1580-1661), at an unknown date after 1633. It includes the River Nith on the west, the upper reaches of the Tweed and Teviot in the north, the lower reaches of the Eden in the east and Cumbria west of Carlisle in the south. Settlement detail is confined to Ewesdale, Eskdale and northern Cumbria. The source of much of the Scottish coverage was probably the observations on the ground of Timothy Pont, in the last two decades of the sixteenth century, but the origins of the coverage south of the border has not yet been established.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
31 x 30.5cm (1' 3/16" x 1')
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Pen and ink
Subject Place:
Annandale
Subject Place:
Carlisle
Subject Place:
Dumfries
Subject Place:
Dumfriesshire
Subject Place:
Eskdale
Subject Place:
Liddesdale
Subject Place:
Roxburghshire
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Place:
Solway Firth
Reference:
Taylor, Alexander B., 'Manuscript maps of Pont, the Gordons and Adair in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh',Scottish Geographical Magazine, Nov., 1907, p.591.
Rights Statement:
© 2002 The National Library of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
87650908
Repro Notes:
63
Repro Title:
Sulway fyrth Liddesdale Es[kdale...] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042439c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00000684
Repro Capture Date:
28/06/2000 14:15:00