Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1827 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21726

Map Date:

? 1827

Repository reference:

NLS EMS.s.521

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh

Map type:

Highways

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Plan of the operations contained in bill for improving the City of Edinburgh and places adjacent thereto.'

Comments on map:

Dated 1827 by NLS.

Scale:

1:2880

Map-maker:

W.H. Lizars [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.2 x 46.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

building infill omitted: Proposed buildings are hatched.

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NLS EMS.s.521.

Industry:

distilling

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Waterbodies:

shown

Relief:

prominent hills

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