Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1840 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22429

Map Date:

? 1840

Repository reference:

BL 10369.bb.40

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:

'Plan of Edinburgh darwn & engraved for Mc.Dowall's guide to the city. on Steel by W.H. Lizars.'

Comments on map:

At start of McDowall's new guide in Edinburgh with a plan of the city..., Edinburgh: McDowall, n.d. [p.94 indicates is after 1835: BL catalogue says 1840]. In two parts, Edinburgh at 1:10,560* with the projected building around Leith Walk infilled, and Leith at 1:18,000* with the projected building without infill.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

W.H. Lizars [eng], McDowall [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

26.7 x 24.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not named, especially in Leith.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

NLS Hall.149.k [1836]; BL 10369.aa.2(2), Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.840 [G.8873, G.8874] [1840]; BL 10369.aa.4 [1843?]; CUL Maps.d.18.G.70 [1844]; BL 10370.aaa.39, NLS 5.636(43) [1847]; NLS A.104.f [1851].

Industry:

distilling, glass, uncertain: Mills.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

incomplete: In the new town and the projected building.

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