Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1808 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22025

Map Date:

[1808]

Repository reference:

BL PP.2511.m

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 the City of Edinburgh with the suburbs and improvements...'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. of The Post-office Annual Directory, from Whitsunday 1808, to Whitsunday 1809..., Edinburgh: Abernethy & Walker, 1808. 'Engraved for the G.P.O. Directory', top centre: lists of wynds and closes to left and right; appears (cf title and dedication) to be the main source for Exeter 22022, albeit at a different scale.

Scale:

1:9000*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

33.8 x 27.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, house numbers: House-numbers in new town.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

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:

orphanages

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

orchards

Known copies of map:

CW25: Edinburgh Library [41987], NLS EMS.s.59A [1807-8: PO Directory: CW25a]; Edinburgh Library [1808/9, 1809/10: ibid: CW25b]; NLS Newman 1148(12) [1809]; RSGS '331' [1809]; BL PP.2511.m [1808].

Industry:

misc: Mint, Coach Work.

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls, misc: British Linen Hall.

Post and telegraphs:

misc: Pictorial structure on Calton Hill [? telegraph or signal station].

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Lord Provost and Magistrates.

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