Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1834
CBTM:
21727
Map Date:
1.1.1834
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.s.64
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:
'Edinburgh Reduced under the superintenence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge with the permission of Messrs Laing and Forbes from their large plan.'
Comments on map:
Includes scales of feet, metres and yards.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
W.B. Clarke, Archt [dr], E. Turrell [eng], J. Henshall [pr], Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40 x 30
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
Buildings: Unshaded parts not yet built.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: A few emphasised buildings not named: extensive areas of projected building, lacking infill.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
CW43: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.834 [A.1864, D.36177] [CW43(1)], Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.834 [44249, D.36174, D.36222, G.8883] [CW43(1,2)], fYDA 1828.834 D.36145, G.8882] [CW43(3)]; NLS EMS.s.64, Newman 532, Map.l.46.53(10), Signet.s.94, RSGS '354A', '354B' [1834]; BOL G.A.Edinb.a.2 [1834/1970: Brunstane Press]; RSGS '354C' [1844]; BOL 2027 b.37, CUL Atlas.4.84.24-25 [Plate 176: 1846[-51]]; BOL G.1/ C16.6 [1992: in Ashley Baynton-Williams, Town and city maps of the British Isles 1800-1855, London: Studio Editions, 1992]; NLS EMS.s.64a [1853]; RGS MR Scotland S.107 [515585] [1856.c/1976: Whitehall Press]; BLML Maps 38.e.13 [1860: pb Stanford, in Complete Atlas, pl.176]; BLML Maps 38.e.14 [1871]; BLML Maps 38.e.15 [1872].
Industry:
distilling, textiles
Railways:
routes, goods depots
Gardens:
horticultural gardens, physic gardens: [Horticultural Society's Garden].
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Town Wall built in 1513.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Left: Edinburgh Castle; at bottom: A comparison of the principal buildings in Edinburgh (1:5040).
Relief:
prominent hills, cliffs
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
very incomplete: On fringes.
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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