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

CBTM:

22080

Map Date:

1851

Repository reference:

BL 10370.dd.11

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'.

Comments on map:

F.p.245 [start of Book Second] in R.H. Stevenson, The chronicles of Edinburgh, from its foundation in A.D. 617, to A.D. 1851, Edinburgh: William Whyte, Glasgow: Collins, London: Longman, n.d. Seems to be engraved.

Scale:

1:21,120*

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

17.5 x 11.8

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, Parliament

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Known copies of map:

BL 10370.dd.11, Edinburgh Library, NLS.

Industry:

textiles

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, museums, libraries/newsrooms

Miscellaneous:

Vertical lines at intervals across map.

Parkland:

public parks, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified, misc: United Service.

Relief:

prominent hills

Borders:

decorative

Monuments:

Monuments

Business & commercial:

misc: Chambers.

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