Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1745 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22014

Map Date:

[1745]

Repository reference:

BL PP.6004.gz

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:

'A plan of the city of Edinburgh.'

Comments on map:

On p.512 of The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol XV (September 1745); evidently to illustrate 'Description of the City of Edinburgh' on pp 529-30, opening 'We imagine that a description of the city of Edinburgh will, at this time, be acceptable to many of our readers', presumably because of the Jacobite uprising. The map is a rough woodcut, only included here on grounds of scale, with letterpress reference below.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

[Gentleman's Magazine [pb].]

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.0 x 7.8 [map: with reference 19.0 x 10.5].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

important roads only

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

shown, public buildings emphasised

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, Parliament

Defence and military:

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

Welfare and charitable:

orphanages, hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

CW56: BL PP.6004.gz, Edinburgh Library, NLS 'Ref'.

Gardens:

shown

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

prominent hills: Crude.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House.

Crosses:

cross, (pictorial)

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