Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1830
CBTM:
21754
Map Date:
[1830]
Repository reference:
NLS NE.36.b.26
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 Edinburgh and places adjacent
Comments on map:
At end of Charles Mackie, The original historical description of the monastry, chapel royal and palace of Holyroodhouse..., 8th ed., Edinbugh: Anderson, London: Leslie, 1830.
Scale:
1:7920*
Map-maker:
G. Aikman, Edinr. [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
46.0 x 37.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: A few buildings are emphasised but not described. Projected buildings lack infill.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs: Including Portable Gas.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, central government, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
CW37 [may be another version of CW36a]: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.829 [D.36141], YDA 2048 (YDA 1828.829) [39506, 41458], YDA 2048 (YDA 1828.833) [G.23844] [1832 issue], NLS NE.36.b.26.
Gardens:
shown, physic gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only
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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