John Wood's Town Plans and Pigot & Company's Directories

John Wood's detailed maps of the major towns and cities of Scotland are a useful source of information for a variety of purposes — genealogy, property ownership, town and building plans, placenames, etc.

Lists of personal names
John Wood Map, Annan, 1826
John Wood Map, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1819
John Wood Map, Kirkcudbright, 1843
John Wood Map, Stranraer, 1843
Pigot Directory, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1825–26
Pigot Directory, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1837–38

Lists of placenames
John Wood Map, Annan, 1826
John Wood Map, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1819
John Wood Map, Kirkcudbright, 1843
John Wood Map, Stranraer, 1843
Pigot Directory, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1825–26
Pigot Directory, Dumfries & Maxwelltown, 1837–38
 

A database of personal names and placenames found in these sources was compiled by James Williams and is the origin of these lists.

A list of the personal names on the Kilmarnock John Wood map of 1819 is available from Bruce Gray's WebPage.

National Library of Scotland

The John Wood Town Plans featured here are available for purchase from the NLS website:

Annan 1826
Dumfries and Maxwelltown 1819
Kirkcudbright 1843
Stranraer 1843

Pigot and Co.'s Directories for the whole of Scotland are available for viewing and downloading from the NLS website:

Scotland 1825–26
Scotland 1837 (including the Isle of Man)