Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1837 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21759

Map Date:

1837

Repository reference:

NLS [county folder]

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:

'The city of Edinburgh. Drawn and engraved for Gray's annual directory, by W. & A.K. Johnston. MDCCCXXXVII.'

Comments on map:

Of interest for its reference system, and for omitting the proposed streets which usually characterise the Kirkwood derivatives of this period.

Scale:

1:12,000

Map-maker:

W. & A.K. Johnston [dr, eng].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

40.5 x 51.8 [map: plate 41.8 x 53.0].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries: [Castle, Fort].

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

CW41: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.833 [D.36190], YDA 1834.833 (YDA 1828.833) [8709], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1833]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.833 [G.8878] ['Bowack's Plan']; BL PP.2511.mb, fYDA 1828.834 [G.8879], NLS EMS.b.1.55 [1834]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.835 [G.8880], YDA 1834.835 (YDA 1828.835) [8709] [1835: for Gray's Directory]; fYDA 1828.836 [A.4038], RSGS '356' [1836: for Gray's Directory]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.837 [G.24160], NLS EMS.s.110, NLS Stevenson [Acc.10706(379)], NLS [website] [1837]; NASc RHP 14550, 14551 [may be this: annotated to show: parliamentary boundaries; police wards; royalty & municipal districts]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.856 [G.8881] [1856: with new wards].

Industry:

distilling, engineering, glass, textiles, uncertain, misc: Mills.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named

Gardens:

horticultural gardens, nurseries, physic gardens: [Horticultural Society's Garden].

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Chapel ruins.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies

Relief:

shown partially: Not Arthur's Seat, etc.

Borders:

distance-graduated type: Graduated from 1 in NW clockwise to 132 in NW [30, 67, 96 at corners] at 0.55-inch intervals. Causewayside Building is about 78-60.

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

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