Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1831
CBTM:
22026
Map Date:
[1831]
Repository reference:
BL PP.2511.m
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 drawn & engraved for the General Post Office directory. on steel by W.H. Lizars.' [sic].
Comments on map:
f.t.p. in The Post Office annual directory for 1831-2..., Edinburgh: letter-carriers of the General Post Office, 1831.
Scale:
1:11,520*
Map-maker:
W.H. Lizars [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
24.8 x 23.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not named; shows the projected streets around Leith Walk as fully built up.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CW39: Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.831 (YDA 1828.832) [G.12770, G.18962], NLS NB 37 [1831: in PO Directory: CW39a]; BL PP.2511.m [1831]; Edinburgh Library f1828.832 [A.4185, D.36215, D.36239], YDA 1834.832 (YDA 1828.832) [8709], NLS NB 37 [1832: in PO Directory [also used in 1833 Diry]: CW39b]; NLS NB 37 [1833]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.836, YDA 1832.837, YDA 1832.840, YDA 1832.841 (YDA 1828.836) [G.8871-4, 19598, 43993, 43551] [1836, 1837, 1840, 1841: for McDowall's Guide: CW39c]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.851 (YDA 1828.851) [G.8875-6, 42664.1] [1851, for MacDowall's New guide to Edinburgh: CW39d: 2 versions], [42664.11] [in MacDowall's Day in Edinburgh].
Industry:
misc: Silver Mills.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only: Also shown in projected building on SE of Leith Walk.
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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