Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1778
CBTM:
22013
Map Date:
1778
Repository reference:
BLML Maps* 8735(2)
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:
'Plan of the city, castle and suburbs of Edinburgh 1778.'
Scale:
1:6000
Map-maker:
[D. Lizars, Edinr. [eng].]
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
44.3 x 33.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
sanitation: Wells.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Projected building in new town lacks infill.
Turnpikes:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, misc: Wells: 'o'.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, Parliament, s, internal revenue: [City Guard].
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CW13c. BLML Maps 8735 (28), BOL Douce Prints E.2.4(29) [1776]; BLML Maps 8735 (2) [1778]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards]; BOL Gough Scotland 111, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.778 [42506, 42511, G.9600, G.43254], NLS Hist.S.93A, NLS L.C. 1206, RSGS '319' [1778: L.C.1206 is also dated 1787: cf 1787, Lizars, above: in Hugo Arnott, The history of Edinburgh]; BLML Maps 8735 (11), BOL Gough Maps 38 Fol 47B, CUL Maps.bb.17.G.25 [1787: eng Lizars]; NLS Signet.s.83, C.Fras.1020 ['1787']; BL 1562/18 [1788]; BL 1562/18 [1788: in Hugo Arnot, The history of Edinburgh]. City, castle & suburbs, 437 x 330 mm, 11'',
Industry:
food/drink, misc: Mint.
Gardens:
physic gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls, misc: Linnen Hall.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: 'West View of the North Bridge'.
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Weigh House.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [With supporters: to left 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
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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