Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1843
CBTM:
21731
Map Date:
? 1843
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.2.57
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Plans of Edinburgh in the past and present, with its chronology, by Scott & Ferguson No.11 So. St. Andrew St.'
Comments on map:
Combines a good-quality transcript with modernised text, but no indication of derivation, of Edgar's map of 1742, which occupies over half the paper, with a modern small-scale plan (included here only on scale grounds) flanked on either side by letterpress chronology. Dating from NLS cards.
Scale:
1:25,344*
Map-maker:
Scott & Ferguson, 11 South St. Andrew St [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.3 x 50.0 [overall: Edgar 60.3 x 30.8, modern map 12.0 x 15.8].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
NLS EMS.b.2.57.
Industry:
distilling, textiles, uncertain, misc: Mills.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: Pass through Princes St gardens, but not under Scotland St.
Gardens:
horticultural gardens: [Horticultural Society's Gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, misc: Diorama.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
Ordnance Survey's
1851-3
1:1056
1:10,560
1876-7
1:1056
1:10,560
1893-4
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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