Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1650 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22843

Map Date:

? 1650

Repository reference:

BL Add. MS. 11564 ('26' [recte fols 52-53])

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh

Map type:

Military

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Plan d'Edimbovrg Principalle Ville d'Escosse.'

Comments on map:

Evidently derived from Speed or his exemplar. In a volume, untitled, of 116 manuscript 'town plans' of Europe, in which the main interest seems to be in the fortifications and buildings outside the walls, rather than in building-up within the walls. Title is only text.

Scale:

1:4000*

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

62.7 x 45.8

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

Buildings, water, land-use, decorative

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised: Omitted within walls.

Places of Worship:

principal Anglican/established only, (pictorial): One only: unclear what it is to be identified with.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls, (pictorial)

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL Add.MS 11564.

Gardens:

shown: [Orchard-like].

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

'molehills'

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