Map Collection

The Local History Centre has a large and varied collection of maps and plans, for Dundee and surrounding areas. Many are from the original collection of A.C. Lamb.

If your interest is in place names, family history; old Dundee street names; the location of an old church or school - then the answer to these and many other questions can be found in the Map Collection of the Local Studies Department.

DUNDEE

14th and 16th century sketch plans. (D 16th century)		1776/77 William Crawford Plan of the town and harbour of Dundee. (D 1776/1777)		1793 William Crawford Plan of the town, harbour and suburbs of Dundee with adjacent country. (D 1793)

1821 John Wood Plan of the town of Dundee from actual survey. (D 1821) Copies of this map are on sale for £1.50 in the Local Studies Department.		1834 George Mathewson Plan of Dundee with the projected improvements, 1834. (D 1834)

1832
J. Gardner - Engraver
Dundee. (Boundary Commission Map for 1832.)
(D 1832)

1846
Charles Edward
Plan of the town of Dundee with the improvements now in progress….1846.
(D 1846)

1871
James Watson
Plan of the Burgh of Dundee showing the wards into which the burgh is divided for municipal purposes under the "Dundee Police & Improvements Act 1871.
(D 1871)

The Collection also includes a series of street plans, printed to accompany the Dundee Street Directories from 1874 to 1966. (D 1893)

ANGUS PERTH AND FIFE

A large selection of County Maps are also available :

1678 Rev. Robert Edward - Minister of Murroes Parish Angusia. Provincia Scotiae sive The shire of Angus. (B1678)		c.1745 John Adair The map of Straithern, Stormount and Cars of Gourie with the rivers Tay and Iern. (B c.1745)

1794
John Ainslie
Map of the county of Forfar or shire of Angus, from an actual survey by John Ainslie, land surveyor and engraver.
(B 1794)

1827
John Ainslie
East part of Fife.
Western part of Fife with Kinross.
(K 1827)

1827 James Stobie North West part of Perthshire, from Mr James Stobie's Survey by William Johnson, land surveyor. Also North East, South West and South East sheets. (L1827)		1831 James Knox Map of the basin of the Tay including Perthshire, Strathmore and the Braes of Angus or Forfar with parts of the Mearns and Fife. (A 1831)

ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS

Large scale Ordnance Survey maps for Dundee and the surrounding area are a major part of the collection dating from the earliest surveys of 1861 and 1871; 1901; 1922; 1950's through to the most recent digital mapping available (Superplan sheets - Dundee only).

Ordnance Survey, Forfarshire Sheet LIV.5, Scale 1:2500, 1874

The Godfrey Edition of Old Ordnance Survey Maps 1901/1902 are on sale for £2.10 in the Local Studies Department for the following areas : - Arbroath North, Arbroath South, Brechin, Broughty Ferry, Dundee West, Dundee East, Dundee South, Forfar, and Montrose.

BUILDING PLANS

Plans of many local buildings, railways, etc., also form part of the collection: -

Dundee Royal Infirmary - original drawings.
Coe and Goodwin, Architects - London.
(D 4)

Map or plan of the works for supplying the Royal Burgh of Dundee and suburbs thereof with water from the district of Monikie.
James Leslie 1844.
(D 4.4)

Map of the Harbour of Dundee with the proposed improvements, August 1814. Reduced and engraved from Mr Telford's plan by Thomas Ivory. 1814. (D 5 1814)

Reduced plan and section of the proposed railway from Dundee to Newtyle.
Charles Landale 1825.
(D 6)

Scotscraig.
William Blackadder 1831.
(K 1.2)

Plan of the estate of Balmuir.
R. Blackadder 1872.
(FK 1.2)

Please contact the Local History Centre with any local map enquiries:
Tel: 01382 431550
Email: local.history@dundeecity.gov.uk

To view other maps and ordnance survey plans, please visit Dundee City Archive & Record Centre pages.