Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1793 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22024

Map Date:

? 1793

Repository reference:

BL PP.2510.c

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 Edinburgh, City and Suburbs. McIntyre sculpt.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of The universal Scots Almanack for the year 1794, Edinburgh: Robert Allan, n.d. [stamped 1793]. Long references to names of wynds and closes at bottom of map. [Plate worn, especially in the built-up part.]

Scale:

1:12,000*

Map-maker:

McIntyre [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

24.2 x 19.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW20: BL PP.2510.c, Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.793 [41827], RSGS '326' [1793]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.794 [D.36194], YDA 1828.794 [P.8629] [1794], CUL S486.a.75.1.

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

insurance offices

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative

Clubs and societies:

misc: British Linen Hall.

Relief:

prominent hills

Cemeteries:

shown

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