Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1797 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22020

Map Date:

[1797]

Repository reference:

BL 10369.bbb.22

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 new plan of Edinburgh City & Suburbs McLaren Scultpt. Engd. For Brown's Guide to Edinr.'

Comments on map:

In A new guide to the City of Edinburgh..., 3rd edition, Edinburgh: T. Brown, 1797, f.p.[5].

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

McLaren Scultpt [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.5 x 15.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW21: BL 10369.bbb.22, BOL Gough Scotland 36, Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.797 [42559, G.5382], NLS A.120.g, A.118.g [1797: CW21a]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.807 [G.8846] [1807: adds 1.75 in at top: in Stranger's guide to Edinburgh, 5th ed: CW21b]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.817 [21310, 42648, 42655] [in 1817, 6th ed: CW21c] Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.820 [B.292] [in 1820, 7th ed: CW21c]; NLS NE.10.f.2 [1820].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

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