Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1851 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21863

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

NLS Stevenson deposit

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:

'Edinburgh containing all the improvements to the present time 1851 James Stillie 74, Princes Street Edinburgh.'

Comments on map:

Somewhat puzzling: evidence that this is a much older plate is exemplified by the way the Caledonian Railway cuts through projected back fences without deletion, the conflict of Barony Street [feuing began 1829] with Markets, the 'unmatched' lettering of Scott Mont., and the use of upright rather than italic capitals for Clarendon Crescent [1850], which cuts into the title; all suggests that this is a much older plate that 1851. Top right: on 'piece of paper' with 'shadow' 'Places of interest' with admission charges, in words.

Scale:

1:7500*

Map-maker:

James Stillie, 74 Princes St, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

44.9 x 35.3 [map: 46.7 x 36.8 with frame; plate 47.3 x 37.3].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Projected buildings without infill; some buildings emphasised but not described.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

misc: Named wells.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, central government, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

NLS Stevenson deposit.

Industry:

distilling, uncertain, textiles, misc: Mint; mills.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations, misc: Neat curved tunnel mouths, etc.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

museums, theatres, etc, art galleries

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Outline of Chapel Royal at Holyrood.

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Above title: Scott Memorial and Royal Institution: untitled.

Relief:

prominent hills

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

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