Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1850 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23140

Map Date:

1850

Repository reference:

National Library of Scotland [map room] EMS.s.681

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NT255739

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Johnston's Plan of the City of Edinburgh.', 'New Town Sheet'.

Comments on map:

Style rather similar to Ordnance Survey, except for distinction of inhabited buildings. Scale and altitude statents cut into bottom neat line. Flanking title, top centre: 'Surveyed & drawn by Alfred Lancefield C.E. F.S.A. Scot. The outline by Alexr. J. Adir F.R.S. Willm. Jardine, and Patrick Johnston Esqrs., Civil Engineers, under the direction of James Jardine Esqr. C.E. F.R.S. F.S.A. Scot.'

Scale:

1:1056

Map-maker:

Alfred Lancefield [sv], W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh [eng, pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

95.0 x 62.3 [within neatline: 97.2 x 64.3 overall printed area].

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

altitude information, Buildings, other: L.P., Lamp Post, B.M., Bench Mark; 'Outhouses and Workshops shaded light'.

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

inhabited and uninhabited buildings distinguished, archways, public buildings emphasised, steps to buildings: Uninhabited buildings have lighter infill. ['X' for archways].

Sanitary and utility information:

lamps: Lamposts.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Known copies of map:

CW96: NLS EMS.s.681, RGS MR Scotland S.102 [515583]; NLS [website] [CW96].

Industry:

engineering

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc

Miscellaneous:

Names crossing border are made good.

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks, insurance offices

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Relief:

prominent hills: [Marked slopes in ornamental ground north of Queen Street].

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, spot heights: To 0.1 ft. 'The Altitudes on the Plan, are from the Government Survey, and refer to the Mean Tide (The approximate half distance between high and low water) at Victoria Dock, Liverpool.'; altitudes noted as in English feet.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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