Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1824
CBTM:
21717
Map Date:
9.5.1824
Repository reference:
NLS [county folder]
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh, Leith
Map type:
uncertain
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Sketch of the City of Edinburgh and Leith with the Estate of Prestonfield and lands adjacent.'
Comments on map:
Purpose unclear: streets complete, but built-up parts otherwise pretty generalised. Perhaps most of interest for projected building developments.
Scale:
1:6600
Map-maker:
David Crawford, surveyor, 19 St Patrick Sqre [author].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
75.2 x 98.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
ownership
Colouring:
Buildings, roads, water, land-use, owners: Some estate owners around Prestonfield. Buildings grey and carmine: the latter seem to be projected.
Road names:
important roads only
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Water transport infrastructure:
misc: Leith docks: unnamed.
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs, sewers, water mains, misc: Two waterpipes from south to (unnamed) New Town; Prestonfield Fountain.
Places of Worship:
incompletely shown: Outlying only.
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals
Known copies of map:
NLS Stevenson Deposit; NLS [website].
Industry:
distilling
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Waterbodies:
shown
Relief:
cliffs
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments: [Nelsons Monument].
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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