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.