Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1845 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21732

Map Date:

6.1845

Repository reference:

NLS EMS.b.1.56

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:

'Milne's pictorial plan of Edinburgh.'

Comments on map:

Usual 'pictorial' style for the period: buildings pictorial, in ovals. Seems to be engraved with hand-colour. Accompanied by letterpress 'descriptive key', with their trade-mark: windmill, with 'winde blows miln goes' on belt.

Scale:

1:4500*

Map-maker:

W.S. & J.K. Milne, 33 Hanover St, Edinr. [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

56.5 x 45.3

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

other: Light brown between streets, open spaces green: hand-coloured.

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named well [pictorial].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively, (pictorial)

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

CW48: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.845 [43354, D.36189, D.36226, G.43481, K.54842], NLS EMS.b.1.56.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Service and professional:

banks: 'Commercial Bank now building' is just an oval.

Antiquities:

John Knox's House, Moray House [both pictorial].

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

At corners: four views of city from distance.

Monuments:

misc: Waterloo Arch.

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

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