Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1844
CBTM:
21733
Map Date:
1844
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.s.498
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 von Edinburgh 1844.'
Comments on map:
No.22 in Meyer's Handatlas: a straightforward copy of the SDUK map [Exeter 21727], including the vignettes, three scales, and extensive areas of projected building. Almost all text in English: one road has 'nach London'.
Scale:
1:7920
Map-maker:
Bibliogr. Institut's zu Hildburghausen, Amsterdam, Paris u. Philadelphia [pb].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
40.0 x 33.8
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: A few emphasised buildings not named: extensive areas of projected building, lacking infill.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works
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, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
NLS EMS.s.498.
Industry:
distilling, textiles
Railways:
goods depots: Only Depot of [Dalkeith Railway] is shown.
Gardens:
horticultural gardens, physic gardens: [Horticultural Society's Garden].
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Town Wall built in 1513.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Left: Edinburgh Castle; at bottom: comparative heights of the principal buildings (no scale).
Relief:
prominent hills, cliffs
Borders:
decorative
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
very incomplete: On fringes.
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
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