1792 - Taylor and Skinner - Road Atlas of Scotland

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Taylor and Skinner's Survey of The Roads of Scotland On An Improved Plan, 1792

Priced at 12 shillings, George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's 1776-published "Survey and Maps of The Roads of NorthBritain, or Scotland" was essentially Scotland's first 'road atlas'. It consisted of 61 plates showing roads across Scotlandat the one-inch to the mile scale, covering some 3,000 miles in total, with each page divided into three vertical strips ofa particular road, the volume designed to be folded into a portable accessory for the growing number of travellers and

visitors in Scotland, Taylor and Skinner's original and then uncoloured plates listed in an Appendix to these pages.

Taylor (Captain George Taylor of The Duke of Cumberland's late Regiment of Foot) had produced a number ofmanuscript surveys on his own account before beginning his work with Skinner and listed in Volumes 1 and 2 of I . H.



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Adams "Descriptive List of Plans in The Scottish Record Office" are his 1772 plan of the course of the River Dovern,an 1772 - 1773 general plan of the lands of Speyside, described as "A very fine and detailed plan . . . with a note givingrecommendations for improvements", a map of Badenoch and a 1773 plan of Aberdeen which Taylor and Skinnerpublished together, when they joined forces as surveyors in Aberdeen in 1776.

Together, George Taylor and Andrew Skinner published a number map and road books including their "Survey andMaps of The Roads of North Britain, or Scotland", it in both folio and pocket book editions and their "Survey of TheGreat Post Roads between London, Bath and Bristol" in 1776 but, in 1778, although they had been assisted

financially by The Commissioners for The Forfeited Estates and by subscriptions, some no doubt from the landedgentry whose names and properl ies were shown along many of the roads, they reported that nearly half the 3,000published copies of their Scottish 'road atlas' wereunsold and their 1-inch to 1-mile survey of the counties of Perth andClackmannan 'to be published by subscription of two guineas, to be begun as soon as 300 copies are subscribed for'was never published.

With debts still to repay, Taylor and Skinner set off for I reland, their "Map of The Roads of Ireland" published thatyear of 1778, a second edition following five years later, in 1783, after they had headed west for America where, in1781, they produced a manuscript map of New York, it to be seen today in the archives of The British Museum.

George Taylor's own 'Manuscript Roadbook : Sketches of The Roads in Scotland', dating from 1785 and, within a finebinding attributed to Scott of Edinburgh, intended as a present, never published, it reputedly 'one of the most

exquisite and elaborate specimens of drawing and penmanship ever seen', was purchased by The University Library ofCambridge, after a most fortunate sequence of events, in 1967.

Today Taylor and Skinner's strip maps are of unique value for showing the detail of Scotland's old routeways, includingthe then new military roads in the Highlands and, covering much of Lowland Scotland, supplement contemporarycounty mapping.

The maps here, coloured from the originals, were published in Edinburgh, under the title "Taylor and Skinner'sSurvey of The Roads of Scotland On An Improved Plan", by Thos. Brown around 1792.

Maps of Scotland - ADD + 6 to the map numbers to find the corresponding e.g. 001 + 6 = Page 8 here

001 - Edinburgh to Berwick upon Tweed002 - Edinburgh to Berwick upon Tweed003 - Edinburgh to Berwick upon Tweed AND Edinburgh to Cornhill by Greenlaw004 - Edinburgh to Cornhill by Greenlaw

005 - Edinburgh to Cornhill by Greenlaw006 - Edinburgh to Carlisle by Selkirk and Hawick007 - Edinburgh to Carlisle by Hawick008 - Edinburgh to Carlisle



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009 - Edinburgh to Carlisle010 - Lauder to Kelso011 - Lauder to Jedburgh012 - Edinburgh to Moffat and Dumfries by Peebles and Linton013 - Edinburgh to Moffat and Dumfries by Peebles and Linton014 - Edinburgh to Moffat and Dumfries by Peebles and Linton015 - Edinburgh to Moffat, Lochmaben and Dumfries by Peebles and Linton016 - Edinburgh to Moffat, Lochmaben and Dumfries

017 - Moffat to Dumfries by Johnstone Moor018 - Edinburgh to Wigtoun and Whitehorn by Biggar, Leadhills and New Galloway - from 014019 - Edinburgh to Wigtoun and New Galloway020 - Edinburgh to Wigtoun and Whitehorn021 - Edinburgh to Whitehorn022 - Edinburgh to Lanark, Douglas, Cumnock and Ayr023 - Edinburgh to Douglas, Cumnock and Ayr024 - Edinburgh to Cumnock and Ayr025 - Edinburgh by Cumnock to Ayr, Maybole and Stranraer026 - Edinburgh by Maybole, Girvan and Ballintrae to Stranrawer027 - Edinburgh by Ballintrae to Stranrawer028 - Edinburgh to Ayr, Hamilton, Glasgow, Dumbarton and Inveraray

029 - Edinburgh to Ayr by Hamilton030 - Edinburgh to Ayr by Strathaven031 - Edinburgh to Glasgow, Greenock, Dumbarton and Inveraray032 - Edinburgh to Glasgow, Greenock, Dumbarton and Inveraray033 - Edinburgh by Glasgow to Greenock and to Dumbarton and Inveraray034 - Edinburgh by Glasgow to Greenock and to Dumbarton and Inveraray035 - Edinburgh to Glasgow by Bathgate036 - Edinburgh to Glasgow by Bathgate and Airdrie037 - Edinburgh to Stirling, Tyndrum and Fort William and to Inveraray and Bunau038 - Edinburgh to Stirling, Tyndrum and Fort William039 - Edinburgh by Stirling to Tyndrum and Fort William040 - Edinburgh by Stirling to Tyndrum and Fort William

041 - Edinburgh by Stirling to Fort William042 - Edinburgh by Stirling to Fort William and from Tyndrum to Inveraray043 - Edinburgh by Stirling to Inveraray and from Dalmaly to Bunau044 - Dalmally to Bunau and Inveraray to Tarbet and Campbelton045 - Inveraray to Tarbet and Campbelton - Loch Gilp046 - Inveraray to Campbelton - Killean047 - Inveraray to Campbelton - Balachanty048 - Stirling by Crieff to Fort Augustus and Bernero049 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero050 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero051 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero052 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero

053 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero054 - Stirling to Fort Augustus and Bernero AND Dunkeld to Kenmore and Killin055 - Dunkeld to Kenmore and Killin056 - Edinburgh to Thurso and Johny Grots or Dungsby Head by Perth, Dunkeld, Dalwhlnie and Inverness057 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld058 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld059 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld060 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld061 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld062 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Perth and Dunkeld063 - Edinburgh to Thurso by Inverness and Tain064 - Edinburgh to Thurso by Inverness and Tain

065 - Edinburgh to Wick by Inverness066 - Edinburgh to Wick by Inverness067 - Edinburgh to Wick by Inverness068 - Wick to Thurso



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069 - Wick to Dungsby Head070 - Thurso to Dungsby Head071 - Perth to Fort George072 - Perth to Fort George073 - Perth to Fort George by Braemar074 - Perth to Fort George075 - Perth to Fort George076 - Perth to Brechine

077 - Perth to Brechine078 - Perth to Brechine079 - Edinburgh to Fochabers by Huntly080 - Edinburgh to Fochabers by Huntly081 - Edinburgh to Fochabers by Huntly082 - Edinburgh to Fochabers by Huntly AND Edinburgh to Old Rain083 - Edinburgh by Brechine to Old Rain084 - Brechine to Aberdeen, Banff and Inverness085 - Brechine to Aberdeen, Banff and Inverness086 - Brechine to Banff and Inverness087 - Brechine to Banff and Inverness088 - Banff to Inverness

089 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Banff090 - Edinburgh to Inverness by Banff091 - Edinburgh to Dundee and Stonehaven092 - Edinburgh to Dundee093 - Edinburgh to Montrose094 - Edinburgh to Stonehaven095 - Pathead to Crall096 - Pathead to Crall AND Edinburgh to Cupar by Kennoway097 - Queensferry to Dunfermline and Culross098 - Queensferry to Stirling099 - Queensferry to Falkirk100 - New Inn to Perth

101 - Prestonpans to North Berwick102 - Haddington to North Berwick AND Coldstream to Dunse103 - Haddington to Dunse104 - Berwick to Hawick105 - Berwick to Hawick106 - Berwick to Dunse107 - Croslee Toll to Melrose and Newton AND Biggar to Lanark108 - Howgate to Blythbridge109 - Peebles to Selkirk110- Glasgow to Longtown by Hamilton and Moffat111- Glasgow to Longtown112 - Glasgow to Longtown

113 - Glasgow to Longtown114 - Elvanfoot to Dumfries115 - Elvanfoot to Dumfries116- Glasgow to Ayr117- Glasgow to Ayr118- Glasgow and Kilmarnock to Dumfries119- Glasgow and Kilmarnock to Dumfries120 - Glasgow and Kilmarnock to Dumfries121 - Glasgow to Dumfries AND Dumfries to Monyhive122 - Port Patrick to Dumfries and Annan123 - Port Patrick to Dumfries124 - Port Patrick to Dumfries

125 - Port Patrick to Dumfries126 - Port Patrick to Annan127 - Whitehorn to Glenluce128 - May bole to Girvan



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129 - Glasgow to Irvine130 - Ayr to Mauchline131 - Greenock to Irvine and Ayr132 - Greenock to Irvine and Ayr133 - Irvine to Kilmarnock AND Dumbarton to Row Kirk134 - Dumbarton to Portencaple AND Glasgow to Bieth135 - Glasgow to Kilwinning136 - Lanark to Hamilton AND Lanark to Glasgow

137 - Lanark to Glasgow AND Stirling to Glasgow138 - Stirling to Glasgow139 - Stirling to Dumbarton140 - Stirling to Dumbarton141 - Tarbet Inn to Crianlarich AND Crieff to Lochernehead142 - Crieff to Lochernehead AND Crieff to Perth143 - Crieff to Perth AND Stirling to Perth144 - Stirling to Perth AND Inverkeithing to Kinghorn145 - Crall to St Andrews and Cupar146 - St Andrews to Newport AND Dundee to Dunkeld147 - Dundee to Cupar and Dunkeld148 - Dunkeld to Ambleree AND Dunkeld to Blalrgourie

149 - Perth to Dundee150 - Dundee to Kirrimuir151 - Dundee to Forfar152 - Dundee to Meigle AND Aberbrothic to Forfar153 - Aberbrothwick to Brechine AND Brechine to Montrose154 - Montrose to Laurence Kirk and to North Esk Bridge155 - Laurence Kirk to Old Mill of Hirn156 - Aberdeen to Braemar157 - Aberdeen to Braemar158 - Aberdeen to Braemar159 - Charlestoun of Aboyne to Corgarff160 - Aberdeen to Monymusk

161 - Aberdeen to Monyrnusk162 - Aberdeen to Huntly163 - Aberdeen to Huntly164 - Aberdeen to Huntly AND Aberdeen to Fraserburgh165 - Aberdeen to Fraserburgh166 - Aberdeen to Fraserburgh AND Ellon to Peterhead167 - Ellon to Peterhead AND Peterhead to Fraserburgh168 - Peterhead to Fraserburgh AND Banff to Peterhead169 - Fraserburgh to Banff170 - Fraserburgh to Banff171 - Huntly to Banff172 - Huntly to Banff

173 - Fochabers to Aviemore174 - Fochabers to Aviemore175 - Fochabers to Aviemore176 - Nairn to Fort George177 - Cross Roads in Ross and Cromartie

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177a - Inverness to Fort Augustus and Fort William



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Taylor and Sk inner's Survey and Maps of The Roads of North Britain or Scotland, 1776

Priced at 12 shillings, George Taylor and Andrew Skinner's 1776-published "Survey and Maps of The Roads of NorthBritain, or Scotland" was essentially Scotland's first 'road atlas'. It consisted of 61 plates showing roads across Scotlandat the one-inch to the mile scale, covering some 3,000 miles in total, with each page divided into three vertical strips ofa particular road, the volume designed to be folded into a portable accessory for the growing number of travellers andvisitors in Scotland.

At the very beginning of the volume, an index of all the cities, towns and villages, an index of 'The Cross Roads' and a'List of Stages on The Great Roads' and a general (uncoloured) map of the roads surveyed by Taylor and Skinner.



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Taylor and Skinner's 61(uncoloured) Original 1776 Plates being

01 - Edinburgh to Berwick upon Tweed02 - Edinburgh to Cornhill by Greenlaw03 - Lauder to Kelso; Road from Lauder to Jedburgh; Edinburgh to Carlisle by Selkirk and Hawick.04 - Edinburgh to Carlisle, continued05 - Edinburgh to Moffat and Dumfries by Peebles and also by Linton06 - Edinburgh to Moffat, Lochmaben and Dumfries by Peebles and by Linton, continued

07 - Edinburgh to Wigtoun and Whitehorn by Biggar, Lead hills and New Galloway, continued from page 508 - Edinburgh to Wigtoun and Whitehorn, continued; Edinburgh to Lanark and Ayr by Douglass and Cumnock.09 - Edinburgh by Douglas to Ayr and Stranrawer, continued10 - Edinburgh to Ayr and Stranrawer, continued11 - Edinburgh, continued to Ayr by Hamilton12 - Edinburgh to Glasgow and Greenock and to Dunbarton and Inveraray, continued13 - Edinburgh to Glasgow, by Bathgate; Edinburgh, by Whiteburn and Glasgow, continued to Inveraray14 - Edinburgh to Stirling, Tyndrum and Fort William15 - Edinburgh by Stirling, continued to Fort William16 - Edinburgh to Inveraray, continued; Dalmaly to Bunau; Inveraray to Tarbet and Campbelton17 - Inveraray to Tarbet and Campbelton, continued (shown at end of Appendix)18 - Stirling, by Crieff, to Fort Augustus and Bernero

19 - Stirling, continued from Dalnacardoch, to Fort Augustus and on toward Bernero20 - Stirling, continued by Fort Augustus, to Bernero; Dunkeld to Kenmore and Killin21 - Edinburgh to Thurso and Johny Grots or Dungsby Head, by Perth, Dunkeld, Dalwhinnie, Inverness etc.22 - Dalnacardoch to Aviemore23 - Inverness to Tain24 - Tain to Wick25 - Wick to Thurso26 - Perth to Fort George27 - Braemarrto Fort George28 - Perth to Brechine29 - Edinburgh to Fochabers by Huntly, continued from North Esk Bridge30 - Edinburgh, by Brechine, Banchory & Monymusk, continued to Old Rain, to join the Aberdeen to Huntly Road

31 - Aberdeen, by Old Meldrum, to Banff32 - Banff to Inverness33 - Edinburgh to Dundee, Aberbrothick, Montrose, Inverbervie and Stonehaven34 - Edinburgh to Montrose and Stonehaven, continued; Pathead to Crail; Edinburgh to Cupar35 - Queensferry to Dumfermline, Culross, Clackmannan and Stirling; Queensferry to Borrowstouness, Falkirk etc.36 - Prestonpans to North Berwick; Musselburgh to Dalkeith and Newbattle; Haddington to North Berwick37 - Berwick to Hawick; Berwick to Dunse38 - Biggar to Lanark; Peebles to Selkirk, by Fernalee Bridge39 - Glasgow to Longtown, by Hamilton, Douglass Mill and Moffat40 - Elvanfoot to Dumfries; Glasgow, by Hamilton and Moffat, continued to Longtown41 - Glasgow to Ayr and Glasgow and Kilmarnock to Sanguhar and Dumfries42 - Glasgow to Kilmarnock, Sanguhar and Dumfries, continued; Dumfries to Monyhive

43 - Port Patrick to Dumfries, Annan and Longtown44 - Port Patrick to Dumfries, Annan and Longtown, continued; Whitehorn to Glenluce45 - Glasgow to Irvine; Ayr to Machlin46 - Greenock to Irvine and Ayr; Dumbarton to Row Kirk and Portencaple47 - Glasgow to Paisly, Bieth and Kilwinning; Lanark to Hamilton; Lanark to Glasgow48 - Stirling to Glasgow; Stirling to Dumbarton49 - Tarbet Inn to Crienlarach; Crieff to Locherne Head; Crieff to Perth50 - St Andrews to Woodhaven and Newport; Crail to St Andrews and Cupar51 - Dundee to Cupar and Dunkeld; Dunkeld to Ambleree52 - Dundee to Glammiss and Kirrimuir; Dundee to Forfar53 - Aberbrothick to Brechine; Montrose to North Esk; Montrose to Laurence Kirk54 - Aberdeen to Braemarr; Aberdeen to Durris and Banchory Ternan, by the South side of Dee River

55 - Charlestoun of Aboyne to Corqarff; Aberdeen to Monymusk and Alford; Aberdeen to Monymusk56 - Aberdeen to Huntly; Aberdeen to Fraserburgh57 - Aberdeen continued to Fraserburgh; Ellon to Peterhead; Peterhead to Fraserburgh58 - Banff to Peterhead by Strichen; Fraserburgh to Banff; Huntly to Banff



59 - Fochabers to Aviemore; Nairn to Fort George60 - Inverness to Fort Augustus and Fort William; Inverness to Glen Urguhart61 - Plan of the Cross Roads in The Shires of Ross and Cromartie

Plate 17 - Inveraray to Tarbet and Campbelton

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