Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1812
CBTM:
22794
Map Date:
1812
Repository reference:
BLML K.Top.49.55.2.II, Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, fYDA 1828.858 [G.8904]
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 City of Edinburgh, and its environs with the Port of Leith surveyed by Jas. Knox 1812'.
Comments on map:
Inset, top left, on Map of the shire of Edinburgh, or county of Midlothian, from actual survey, by James Knox, 1812, 1:42,240: engraver below title of main map; no publisher given.
Scale:
1:19,008
Map-maker:
Jas Knox [sv], Neele, 352 Strand, London [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
41.5 x 47.5 [maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised: Gentlemen's seats shown by pictograms.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown: Proposed canal from Glasgow to Edinburgh.
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, harbours, navigation aids
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Well.
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only: Some shown by pictogram, some shown by cross.
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, Parliament, internal revenue
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
uncertain: Presumably burgh.
Known copies of map:
CW26: BL K.49.55.2 11.TAB.END [Exeter 21984], BOL (E) C18:28(8), CUL Maps.R.a.37, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.812 [G.8852], NLS NE.11.c, National Archives of Scotland RHP 3615, RHP 9169, RHP 9432, RHP 9433, RHP 9434; NLS [website]; NLS NE.11.c.1 [1812: Fairbairn & Andrew [pb], in J. Stark, The picture of Edinburgh]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.819 (YDA 1828.812) [B.89681]; RGS MR Scotland D.31 [515579] [1816: inset on county map]; [BL 10369.aa.10 [1819] has had map torn out]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards].
Industry:
distilling, furniture/pottery, textiles
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown incompletely: [Owners of residences: quite numerous].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
slopes shown: Comprehensive.
Borders:
decorative: 'Keyboard', without 'black keys'.
Monuments:
Monuments, (pictorial): [Nelson's Monument].
Post and telegraphs:
post offices, visual telegraphs: [Telegraph: pictorial].
Miscellaneous transport-related:
Several proposed roads.
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Mileages along roads, with apparently miles and furlongs from Edinburgh given at their extremities.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Proposed new Town [sic], east of Leith Walk.
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