Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1763 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21987

Map Date:

1763

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.49.60

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

Comments on map:

No title or author: printed from a separate plate (so that there are two plate-marks) on 'A plan and elevation of the intended New Bridge over the North Loch with a plan of Edinburgh exhibiting all the propos'd improvements in that city', delineated by James Craig. Scale in feet. Crowded and not very legible: resembles Edgar [Exeter 21986], but covers a larger area.

Scale:

1:3960

Map-maker:

? James Craig [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

28.0 x 18.0 [map: plate 28.7 x 19.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Several named wells.

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

police: [Guard].

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW8: BLML K.49.60; Edinburgh Library YDA 2001 [G.82962], fYDA 1828.763 [A.2215, D.36157, D.36199, X.70510], RSGS '310'; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards]; NLS EMS.p.156 [photocopy]; [1763: Scots Mag, XXV, 7:63, fp 361: redn: CW8a].

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Crosses:

cross

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