Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1809 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21723

Map Date:

1809

Repository reference:

NLS EMS.b.1.161

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 the City of Edinburgh including all the latest improvements'.

Comments on map:

The reference at the bottom is displaced slightly to the left, as though pasted on (which it isn't).

Scale:

1:4800

Map-maker:

J. Archer [eng], Thomas Brown, 1 North Bridge, Edinr. [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

59.0 x 63.5 [includes 59.0 x 18.0 part at top, not hachured, which is evidently an addition].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally: Detailed naming of closes and wynds via reference.

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Water House, Washing Houses.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, central government, internal revenue, misc: Tolbooth.

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:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover, orchards

Known copies of map:

CW19: BLML Maps 8735 (3), Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.792 [42658, G.26624], NLS EMS.b.2.56, EMS.b.3.1(6), Newman 516, NASc RHP 9383, RSGS '325' [1793: pb T. Brown & J. Watson: CW19a]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.809 [44252], NLS b.1.161 [1809: J. Archer [eng], T. Brown [pb], 578 x 570 mm, CW19b].

Industry:

distilling, food/drink, uncertain: Mills.

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Weigh House.

Arms and heraldry:

municipal: [With maiden and quadruped supporters, and anchor above].

Cemeteries:

shown

Garden and park buildings:

ice houses

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete

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