Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1851
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
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