Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1830 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22780

Map Date:

[1830]

Repository reference:

Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, YDA 1832.830 [42890]

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.p. [1] of A new guide to Edinburgh, Edinburgh: John Anderson, Adam Black, William Hunter, 1830. Contains the usual abortive Playfair scheme around Leith Walk, etc.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.0 x 20.0 [map: plate 27.3 x 21.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described. Projected buildings 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:

shown: [Orchard-like].

Known copies of map:

CW38: Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.830 [42890].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments

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