Plans (drawings).
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Plans are a set of drawings or two-dimensional diagrams used to describe a place or object, or to communicate building or fabrication instructions. Usually plans are drawn or printed on paper, but they can take the form of a digital file.
Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:
Drawing, undated - Plan of estate and sea-shore from Portobello to Leith showing proposed railway - Edinburgh: Craigentinny., ?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5848 (28)
Dates:
?19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Ea-Edinburgh, Leith, Water of.
Drawing, undated - Plan of Leith Walk at Union Place showing proposed direct atmospheric railway - Edinburgh, Railways., ?19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.5849 (90)
Dates:
?19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson concerning places in Scotland.
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Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson relating to places in Scotland beginning with Edinburgh, London Road-Ey.
Drawings and plans concerning Saltoun estate., 1749-1870, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17874 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(1)-(14) Drawings, 1801-1805, undated, some by Robert Burn;(15)-(33) Plans, 1749-1870, undated.The specific parts are as follows:Specification of plans twixt Saltoun Paper Mill, Dame-head and Saltoun Barley Mill, Damehead. Given in on the 23rd Decb.1801 by Patr. Brown, mason, Haddington with an estimate. 1801. 1/12" to 1 foot. Ink. May be copied for private research only. (Part 1.)Plan and elevation of...
Dates:
1749-1870, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Architectural drawings and estate plans of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Estate and business correspondence and related papers., 1761-1931, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15106-15112
Scope and Contents
The papers include balance sheets and business correspondence of the various firms in which the Ellices held an interest and papers concerned with the purchase and development of the Ellices Highland estates.
Dates:
1761-1931, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Estate and business correspondence and related papers., 1880.
File
Identifier: MS.15111
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers include balance sheets and business correspondence of the various firms in which the Ellices held an interest and papers concerned with the purchase and development of the Ellices Highland estates.
Dates:
1880.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Estate and business correspondence and related papers.
Fettercairn Home Farm, Garden and Place and arrangement of Home Farm with plans., 1844-1863.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/811
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1844-1863.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Miscellaneous Fettercairn Estate Management Papers.
Hand-drawn map of Bogmiln Farm., 19th century.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/991
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Maps, plans and drawings.
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Plans and drawings.
Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, titled, 'M.S.S. Jacobite II'., 1700-1869, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1696
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are part of the collection which was formed by Sir Henry Steuart with a view to composing a ‘History of the Efforts in behalf of the House of Stuart from the Revolution onwards’, together with papers on the Stuarts and the rebellions which were acquired by Robert Chambers, and notes on persons and events of the period by him.The papers consist of originals and copies; most of them have been incorporated in Robert Chambers’ books or in articles written by him for...
Dates:
1700-1869, undated.
Legal and property papers of James Thin, bookseller., 1882-2000.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/2-8
Letters and papers relating chiefly to the City of Edinburgh., 1773, 1790-1837, 1849.
File
Identifier: MS.351
Scope and Contents
The correspondents and subjects dealt with include: Contract of Professor William Cullen, 1773;
Professor John Playfair, 1790;
Sir William Forbes and the proposed regulations regarding Bills of Exchange and Notes, 1790;
Sir John Sinclair and Scottish wool, 1791;
Mutiny of Highland troops at Linlithgow, 1794;
Report on the Friends of the People and on J Gerrald, 1794;
Printed circular letter to the Faculty of Advocates regarding the Deanship and Henry Erskine, with...
Dates:
1773, 1790-1837, 1849.
Letters chiefly to and of John Rennie., 1779-1821.
File
Identifier: MS.19932
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters of George Rennie, engineer, 1808-1809, 1814, 1821. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters of Sir John Rennie, 1810-1812, 1814-1815, 1818-1821. These include the detailed letters he sent while on his extensive tour in France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt. They contain plans and diagrams as well as detailed descriptions of many engineering undertakings, especially bridges and harbours. (Folio 25.)
(iii) Letters of George Rennie of Phantassie, 1792, 1806,...
Dates:
1779-1821.
Lists, undated, of buildings in England, with a few notes of Sir Frank Mears from architectural journals., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.10677
Scope and Contents
There are also plans for a house, apparently at Murrayfield (folios 2-8 inverted).
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Maps and plans, chiefly of the Edinburgh area., 1745-1849.
File
Identifier: MS.7474
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1745-1849.
Maps and plans collected by Andrew Hunter., [Circa 1860]-1865, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19732
Scope and Contents
Contains the following maps and plans.
(number 1) Map, undated, circa 1860, of Ceylon showing the principal roads and the proposed railway line from Colombo to Kandy;
(number 2) Map, undated, circa 1860, of the Central Province of Ceylon showing the coffee estates;
(number 3) Map of the Central Province of Ceylon showing the coffee estates, 1865;
(number 4) Map, undated, circa 1860, showing the coffee estates in parts of Upper and Lower Dimboola;
(number 5) Map showing the coffee estates in...
Dates:
[Circa 1860]-1865, undated.
Maps and plans of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman., 1867-1936.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9893/74-90
Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1., 1796-1821.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1408
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1818-1820, reports, plans, and other papers, 1813-1818, 1821, of John Rennie concerning Dunleary harbour (MS.19792);
Notebook, 1801, of John Rennie concerning Dunleary harbour (MS.19793);
Papers, 1796-1821, of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning Dy-H (MS.19794).
Dates:
1796-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures, from the National Library of Scotland. Parts 1-2 (Adam Matthew, 2003).
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Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1.
Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1., 1782-1821.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1410
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Correspondence, 1812-1817, 1820-1821, of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour (MS.19799);
Reports, estimates, and plans, 1806, 1811-1812, 1820, of John Rennie concerning Plymouth harbour (MS.19800);
Notebooks, 1806, 1812, of John Rennie of observations made at Plymouth harbour (MS.19801-19802);
Papers, 1782-1821, of John Rennie concerning harbours in places beginning with Po-Se (MS.19803).
Dates:
1782-1821.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures, from the National Library of Scotland. Parts 1-2 (Adam Matthew, 2003).
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Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 1.
Microfilm of sketchbook of water-colour drawings, notes and plans by Thomas Scott, Earlston, chiefly of Scottish buildings in the Border area.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.88
Dates:
1845-1850.
Miscellaneous documents concerning the Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise of Patrick Geddes., 1898-1906, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10611
Scope and Contents
The papers include business accounts, plans, estimates, and typescripts giving details of the proposed building schemes. There are also several photographs of Roseburn Cliff, Coltbridge, and miscellaneous undated jottings concerning the project.
Dates:
1898-1906, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, lectures, notes and other papers of and concerning Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932).
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Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes.
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Correspondence and miscellaneous documents concerning the Coltbridge/Roseburn enterprise of Patrick Geddes.
Miscellaneous family papers of David Anne Bannerman., 1839-1878, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.6579/15
Scope and Contents
Including a notebook listing and describing students at New College, 1850-1857, household inventories, 1839-1841, and plans of Cargill Manse, undated.
Dates:
1839-1878, undated.
Miscellaneous letters and papers concerning family, local and business affairs., 1781-1856, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9677
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the following:
Miscellaneous incoming letters with draft replies, chiefly on family or local affairs not connected with the business, 1785-1856 (folio 1);
Agreements with workers, 1809-1822, undated (folio 47);
Estimates, accounts, and drawings for houses to be built at Bannockburn, 1781, 1788 (folio 58);
Plan of the works at Bannockburn, 1835 (folio 77 verso);
Miscellaneous papers on church affairs, 1815-1844, chiefly concerning the building of a Free Church manse,...
Dates:
1781-1856, undated.
Miscellaneous papers chiefly of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, with two of an earlier date., 14th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2669
Scope and Contents
The papers include fourteenth-century fragments of St Thomas Aquinas's ‘Summa Theologica’ (folio 1), a fragment of a roll of a [? manor] court held at Heydon, 1515 (folio 6), a letter, 1677, of Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby (folio 9), a plan, 1810, for alterations to the Cathcart road, near Glasgow (folio 34), and some political verses (folios 11, 85). Some of the papers appear to be connected with the Maxwells of Pollok.
Dates:
14th century-19th century.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton., Late 17th century-19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19238
Scope and Contents
The papers include a notebook of prayers in a late 17th century hand (folio 1), genealogical notes mainly of the Laing family, 18th century (folio 9), and medical recipes of the 18th and 19th centuries (folio 13).
Dates:
Late 17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, estate, financial, and personal papers of a cadet branch of the Setons of Cariston, Fife, being the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
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Miscellaneous papers concerning the family of James Seton, Lieutenant 54th Foot.
Miscellaneous papers, cuttings and photographs relating to Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson., 1933-1974, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8542/54-59