Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1788
CBTM:
22015
Map Date:
[1788]
Repository reference:
BL 797.c.12
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:
[Top right:] 'A plan of the Town & Suburbs of Edinburgh.'; [top of map:] 'Engraved for Kincaid's Guide to the City, Suburbs, & County'.
Comments on map:
In Alexander Kincaid, The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time, by way of guide to the city and suburbs..., Edinbugh: author, N.R. Cheyne, 1788 [f.p.iii].
Scale:
1:10,560*
Map-maker:
Gavin [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.7 x 15.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: New town shown fully built up.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CW18: BL 797.c.12, 1507/1106, G.5322, BOL Gough Scotland 18, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.787 [3870, 43454, D.36224], NLS [1787: in Alexander Kincaid, History of Edinburgh, 1787: CW18a]; Edinburgh Library, NLS A.116.f.19 [1787: in Kincaid's Traveller's companion through Edinburgh: CW18b]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.794 [20779, 42715, G.13021-2, G.19493-5], NLS A.114.e [1794]; ? RSGS '334' [I-11].
Gardens:
shown
Parkland:
public parks
Antiquities:
Abbey.
Decorative cartouches:
abstract decorative: Olive-leaf surround.
Relief:
prominent hills
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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