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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1765

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
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