Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1832 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21625

Map Date:

[1832]

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland, Map Room

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh, Leith

Map type:

boundaries

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Edinburgh & Leith.'

Comments on map:

Included in Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

J. Gardner, 163 Regent Street [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.5 x 59.0

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

boundaries: Outer boundary hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some emphasised buildings not named.

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills, (unspecified type)

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Aqueduct, rural Well.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, mental, orphanages, misc: Watson's Institution.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough

Known copies of map:

CW40. Originally printed for Reports upon the boundaries of the several cities, burghs, and towns in Scotland, in respect to the election of members to serve in Parliament, British Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons series) 1831-2 (408) XLII.1. 'Independent' copies noted: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.832 [42251, D.36154, G.8877], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS map library, EMS.s.511; RSGS '350'.

Industry:

distilling, chemicals

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named: Edin. & Dalkeith Railway: tunnel shown.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Antiquities:

Castle in Ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Nelson's Mont, Melvilles Monument].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Stepping Stones.

Miscellaneous religious group:

Tomb Stone.

Stated measuerments:

boundary lengths

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