Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1835 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23299

Map Date:

[1835]

Repository reference:

BL PP.6000.b

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Abbots Bromley, 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'.

Comments on map:

In Pinnock's Guide to knowledge, no. CLV, 24 January 1835, [p.33]: description of Edinburgh on pp 35 ff.

Scale:

1:14,400*

Map-maker:

J. Archer [eng].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

22.8 x 16.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

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, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

CW45: BL PP.6000.b, RSGS [CW45].

Railways:

routes, named

Leisure and entertainment:

theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

shown: [Long list of 'hotels'].

Other land-uses & land-cover:

misc: Includes 'Proposed extension of the City', i.e. the unfulfilled Playfair scheme around Leith Walk, etc.

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