Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1825 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22021

Map Date:

[1825]

Repository reference:

BL 10369.aaa.4

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 all the present and intended improvements. Engd. For the New Guide to Edinr.'

Comments on map:

F.t.p. in A new guide to Edinburgh..., 2nd edition, Edinburgh: John Lindsey & Co., Glasgow: Chalmers & Collins, London: James Duncan, 1825.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.0 x 20.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not named; projected buildings shown around Leith Walk without infill.

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10369.aaa.4.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

misc: Unnamed pictorial pole on Calton Hill [? telegraph or signal station].

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