Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1765 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21986

Map Date:

1765

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.49.59

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:

'The plan of the City and Castle of Edinburgh by Willm. Edgar Architect anno 1765'.

Comments on map:

By title: 'NB: All the new buildings are expressed in this plan to the present year by an eminent engineer.' Originally for William Maitland, The history of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 1753.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

A. Dury, Indian Queen, Dukes Court near St Martins Church [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.7 x 30.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Extensive naming of wynds and closes in list, which however explains that there are many more not named on the map.

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

Parliament

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, orphanages, workhouses

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW5: BLML 8735 (10), BOL Gough Scotland 7, CUL S486.a.75.1, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.742 [9326, 43039, 43046, A.1862, D.36201, D.36203, D.36212, G.43255]; Gough Maps Scotland 70, NLS L.C.1252, R.289.c, Signet.s.78 [1753: CW5a]; BLML K.49.59, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.765 [42097, 92714, D.36168, D.36264, G.23963], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS EMS.s.55 (a,b,c,d) [4 copies], Signet.s.81, NASc RHP 3300, RSGS '311(1)', '311(2)' [1765: CW5b]; NLS [website] [1765]; NLS RB.1.21 [n.d., in The kings of Scotland]; NLS Hist.S.93.c, L.C.141 [1833: re-engr Wm Murphy, pb W. & R. Chambers, in View of Edinburgh in the 17th century]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.845 [G.8585, G.8837], NLS EMS.b.2.57 [1843.c: Scott's chronological map: good transcript with modernised text]; BOL G.A.Edinb.4o 182 [1765/1868: in facsimile edn of Robert Chambers, Traditions of Edinburgh, W. & R. Chambers, 1980]; EMS.b.3.1(2) [1879: lith W. & A.K. Johnston, in Plans of Edinburgh, 1647-1879]; BOL G.A.Edinb.a.1 [1753/1962: Lammerburn Press]; NLS Map.l.43.62 [1972: The Scotsman]; BOL BOD:M.88.D 00312 [1753/1988: in J. Gilhooley, A directory of Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press]; BLML Maps Ref D.6(Europe) (17) [2000: in H.N. Barrot, An atlas of old Edinburgh, Edinburgh: West Port Books, 2000].

Industry:

textiles, misc: Coach Works

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

riding schools

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents: [A few titled residents].

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House, Intended bridge.

Arms and heraldry:

royal arms, municipal: [Either side of title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

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