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

CBTM:

21758

Map Date:

2.1836

Repository reference:

NLS EMS.b.2.58, NLS [county folder]

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:

'Kay's plan of Edinburgh containing all the improvements to the present time 1836. Drawn & engraved by Kirkwood & Son being a reduction of their large plan laid down from actual survey on a scale of 14 inches to the mile.'

Scale:

1:7500*

Map-maker:

Kirkwood & Son [dr, eng], James Kay, Edinburgh [dr].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.5 x 37.0 [map: 46.7 x 37.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Projected building lacks infill.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, central government, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NLS EMS.b.2.58; NLS [website].

Industry:

distilling, uncertain, misc: Mills, Coach Work.

Railways:

routes, goods depots

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

shown partially: Not Arthur's Seat, etc.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

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