Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1780
CBTM:
21721
Map Date:
[1780]
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.2.174(16)
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.'
Comments on map:
For Universal Scots Almanack, 1780.
Scale:
1:12,000
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.3 x 15.2
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Unclear whether variable hatching in the (unnamed) New Town is attempt to show buildings projected rather than built, or revision, or just variable engraving.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, central government, internal revenue, misc: Tolbooth.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Known copies of map:
CW17: EdUL, NASc RHP 12317 [in Universal Scots Almanack for 1780: CW17a]; [in ibid, 1787, 1791, 1793: CW17b]; NLS EMS.b.2.174(16] [n.d.].
Gardens:
shown
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
notable residents
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Flat urn at top.
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: Section of the new South and North bridges, 1:9600.
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only: Outer parts only: not New Town.
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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