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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1806

CBTM:
22017
Map Date:
[1806]
Repository reference:
BL 288.a.38
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. Engraved for Stark's Picture of Edinburgh'.
Comments on map:
F.p.1 in J. Stark, Picture of Edinburgh; containing a history and description of the city..., Edinburgh, London: Stark, Constable, John Murray, 1806.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
W. Dassauville sc. [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
26.0 x 20.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Various buildings emphasised but not described.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
observatories
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CW24: BL 288.a.38, 1506/615, G.5354, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.806 [D.36232, G.6330, G.8851], RSGS '330'.
Gardens:
shown: [A few, by annotation].
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
fragmentary owners: [One or two outlying ones].
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
misc: Unnamed structure [? telegraph] on Calton Hill.
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
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