Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1804 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21989

Map Date:

20.6.1804

Repository reference:

BLML K.Top.49.64.1

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh, Leith

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 Old and New Town of Edinburgh and Leith....'

Comments on map:

Engraved on two sheets: long list of closes and wynds, bottom right on south sheet. New Town north of Queen Street noted as copied from a plan owned by James Jackson.

Scale:

1:4444

Map-maker:

John Ainslie [sv, eng], John Craig [assistant: eng], Mrs Ainslie, Hanover St, T. Brown, A. Constable & Co., P. Hill, Edinburgh, Coke & Reid, Leith, W. Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross, London [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

77.7 x 52.7, 77.7 x 59.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, lighthouses, piers: 'Flag and Light House'; note by new docks that designed by John Rennie and being built under John Paterson.

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Washing Houses.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, Parliament, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Trinity House.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds, misc: 'Leith Links a Common for Playing at the Golf'.

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

CW22: BLML K.49.64.1, NASc RHP 1920 [1804]; NASc RHP 13486 [photo]; BLML Maps 146.e.2(9) [anor edn]; CUL Maps.R.b.50, CUL Maps.c.18.G.162 [1804]; RSGS ''328(1)'', ''328(2)'', ''328(3)'' [1804]; BOL C18:45 Edinburgh e.3, NLS Signet.s.85 [Faden issue, with additions]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.804 [42098, D.36166, G.74833] [CW22(1)]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.804 [D.36144, G.8847, K.54855], Roll YDA 1828.804 [B.2575] [CW22(2)]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS TS21, TS21A, EMS.s.365, Signet.s.84, City Arch.5.b.1, Newman 1028; NLS [website].

Industry:

distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, rope walk, furniture/pottery, timber, misc: Snuff Mill; [Pepper Mill].

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

riding schools

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Old Wind Mill, formerly a Bastion; Cromwells Mounts.

Landowners and occupiers:

notable residents, owners shown incompletely: [Unbuilt-on ground].

Road transport:

coach office

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Vegetated, with castle rock in background. Thistle prominent.

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

shown partially: [Mostly Calton Hill: not much elsewhere].

Borders:

distance-graduated type: Graduated with distances from origin at Tron church.

Monuments:

Monuments: [D. Hume's Monument].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices, visual telegraphs: [Telegraph is pictorial].

Symbolic elements:

Thistle: prominent in cartouche.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Public Weigh House.

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Lord Provost, Magistrates and Council.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Stated measuerments:

other: Dock dimensions and accommodation.

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