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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1834

CBTM:
21725
Map Date:
1834
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.s.78
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh, Leith
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Pollock's plan of Edinburgh, Leith & suburbs; engraven to accompany Pollock's New Guide through Edinburgh'.
Comments on map:
Treatment of Arthur Seat [sic], e.g., indicates derivation from Kirkwood [Exeter 21679].
Scale:
1:12,672*
Map-maker:
W. & A.K. Johnston [eng], Pollock & Co., Edinburgh, Jas Lumsden & Son, Glasgow [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
47.7 x 50.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
customs, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals: [Castle, Fort].
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
CW42: NLS EMS.s.78, EMS.b.1.73, RSGS '353' [1834]; RGS MR Scotland S.97 [1842: scale suggests is this]; NLS EMS.b.1.87 [1850]; ECL fYDA 1828.856 [G.9377], NLS EMS.s.283, NLS [website] [1856: William & Alexander Keith Johnston: Edinburgh & Leith following Edinburgh Municipality Extension Act, 1856]; NLS 6.1502(15) [1862].
Industry:
distilling, glass, rope walk, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named
Gardens:
horticultural gardens, physic gardens: [Horticultural Society's Garden].
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, public halls
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Encampment of the Rebels 21 Septr. 1745, ruined churches.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills, cliffs
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights: Arthurs Seat: 823 feet.
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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