Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1836 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21728

Map Date:

1836

Repository reference:

NLS Newman 1124

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 the City of Edinburgh and places adjacent.'

Comments on map:

At front of Guide to Edinburgh [no title page: p.32 has Edinburgh, D. Campbell, n.d.]

Scale:

1:7500*

Map-maker:

D. Campbell, 17 Leith St [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

47.2 x 37.3

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

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

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works: Including Portable Gas Works.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, central government, internal revenue

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NLS Newman 1124.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named

Gardens:

shown, physic gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Chapel Royal at Holyrood shown in detail.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills, cliffs: Basaltic Pillars in south-east part of map are distinctly impressive.

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

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