Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1773 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22779

Map Date:

1773

Repository reference:

Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, fYDA 1828.773 [G.8840]

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 with all the new streets..., buildings... &c... since 1741 till the present year, 1773....'

Comments on map:

Recorded from copy with title cropped: transcribed in margin from copy at National Portrait Gallery. Title goes on to note layout of the New Town, which is shown inn an early stage of development on the map.

Scale:

1:7104

Map-maker:

Andw Bell [author].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

39.7 x 27.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: St Cuthbert's noted as being taken down and rebuilt.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, Parliament

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW12: Nat Port Gall, port. 34a, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.773 [G.8840].

Industry:

uncertain: Factory.

Leisure and entertainment:

riding schools, theatres, etc: [Rideing School: sic].

Antiquities:

Holyrood abbey ruins.

Landowners and occupiers:

fragmentary owners: [A few owners around the New Town].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

shown partially: [Two hills].

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Gilbert Laurie, Esq., Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

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