Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1848 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22781

Map Date:

[1848]

Repository reference:

Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, YDA 2048 [G.8896]

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:

[Main map:] 'Edinburgh published by D. Anderson Abbey.'; [supplementary map:] 'Abbey sanctuary & environs of Holyrood.'

Comments on map:

Main map precedes title pages, supplementary map f.p. [1] of John Parker Lawson, History of the abbey and palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh [on letterpress title:] Henry Courtoy, [on engraved title:] D. Anderson, Keeper of the Chapel Royal, 1848. The preface says that Courtoy was appointed Keeper of the Chapel Royal in 1834. Main map has note on population below title. Supplementary map is 1:15,840, 'Drawn & engraved for H. Courtoy Keeper of the Chapel Royal'. The whole confection is finely engraved and has a discreetly up-market feel to it.

Scale:

1:17,760

Map-maker:

N. Tennant [dr], J. West [eng], D. Anderson [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.2 x 17.5 [main map overall: map area 15.7 x 13.7], 16.5 x 14.7 [supplementary map].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Not all emphasised buildings are identified.

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

misc: Humane Societys Drag [by Duddingston Loch].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Wells (some named), Watering Stone.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, Parliament, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Magdalen Asylum.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

misc: Sanctuary for Debtors [around Holyrood Park].

Known copies of map:

CW92: Edinburgh Library YDA 2048 [G.8896, 41468].

Industry:

distilling

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, zoological gardens: With Q Mary's Sun Dial, Queen Marys Bath at Holyrood.

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Holyrood Abbey and associated ruins, house in which Prince Charles slept in 1745, encampments of rebels and revolters, 1745 and 1778, the king's Approach in 1822.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Main map is surrounded by 20 elevations of notable buildings and monuments, keyed to same numbers as on map, the Reference of which indicates which can be visited, and at what admission charge, etc.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown: On Arthurs Seat.

Arms and heraldry:

royal arms: [Bottom right of supplementary map: so overwhelmed by supporters, &c, that the lion and shield fundamentals are scarcely visible].

Cemeteries:

shown

Stated measuerments:

spot heights: Two: by observatory, and on Arthurs Seat.

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