Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1828
CBTM:
21942
Map Date:
1828
Repository reference:
NASc RHP 13487
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh
Map type:
boundaries
Extent of cover:
fragmentary
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Plan of the extended royalty of the City of Edinburgh by Grainger & Miller 1828.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Covers New Town and Calton Hill areas. Possibly derived from Kirkwood 1817 [Exeter 21679].
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
___ Grainger & John Miller [authors].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
105 x 60
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries
Colouring:
Buildings, water, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
shown, public buildings emphasised
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, orphanages
Education and academic:
schools, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough: [Extended royalty boundary].
Known copies of map:
Edinburgh Library Roll YDA 1828.828 [K.54841], NASc RHP 13487 [photo].
Industry:
distilling
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Miscellaneous:
Annotated with dates of relevant Acts of Parliament.
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Estate boundary ownership:
fragmentary: [Lines of old feus].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
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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