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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1849

CBTM:
22093
Map Date:
? 1849
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.138.87.2
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 of Edinburgh'.
Comments on map:
This seems to have been extracted from one of Black's guide-books. Includes the Caledonian Railway, but not the abortive building schemes around Leith Walk.
Scale:
1:18,000
Map-maker:
G. Aikman [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
17.5 x 14.7 [maximum].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
fragmentary, royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Woodland:
orchards: Inferred.
Known copies of map:
BL 797.c.31, NLS NE.19.a.8 [1843: in Black's Picturesque tourists guide of Scotland, ed 3, fp 21]; NLS R.39.b [1845: ibid]; [BL RB.23.a.,14798 [1849] map missing]; CUL Maps.138.87.2 [misdated 1875; after c.1848]; BOL G.A.Scotl.8o 122 [1851: ed 9]; BL 10370.a.43 [1852].
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
memorials, Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
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
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