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COLLECTION NAME:
Charting The Nation
Record
Work Record ID:
0042451
Shelfmark:
RHP12405
Holding Institution:
National Archives of Scotland
Title:
[Plan of vacant ground on James Street]
Creator:
Anonymous
Date:
1700-1799
Description:
This 18th century plan shows properties at the junction between James Street and what is now Regent Quay, Aberdeen. The drawing includes a detailed plan of one building and adjoining vacant ground. The proprietors of neighbouring properties are named. In this area of Aberdeen there had been much land reclamation in the post-medieval period. Parson James Gordon's map of 1661 shows the James street area as dry ground formerly flooded. There were no buildings on it at that point. The line of the harbour and the quay is shown, with the position of a crane marked. The innermost point of the earlier harbour had been to the west, near Shore Brae, and excavations showed late medieval harbour walls there.
Work Type:
Manuscript map/plan
Measurement:
26.2 x 40cm (10 5/16" x 1' 3 3/4")
Material:
Paper
Technique:
Uncoloured
Subject Place:
Aberdeen
Subject Place:
Scotland
Subject Category:
Cities and towns
Subject Category:
Hoisting machinery
Rights Statement:
Courtesy of the Keeper of the Records of Scotland
Repro File Type:
Cropped Tiff
Repro File Size (bytes):
87920438
Repro Title:
[Plan of vacant ground on James Street] [1 of 1]
Repro Display Measurement (pixels):
7072 x 7072
Repro ID Number:
0042451c.tif
Repro Old ID Number:
00001739
Repro Capture Date:
05/12/2000 10:17:00

[Plan of vacant ground on James Street] [1 of 1]

[Plan of vacant ground on James Street] [1 of 1]