Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1852
CBTM:
21735
Map Date:
[1852]
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:
In Oliver & Boyd's Scottish Tourist, nineteenth edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, London: Simpkin Marshall, 1852, f.p.1. Lists of public buildings, banks, hotels, etc, on left and right of mapped area, with boxes for the colours.
Scale:
1:12,672
Map-maker:
W.H. Lizars [dr, eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
25.0 x 21.3 [map: 25.7 x 22.3 with frame].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
colours
Colouring:
other: Highlighting of the various classes of building by theme, to enable them to be picked out: hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Frontages only.
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, central government, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
CW51: CUL Maps.D.138.84.1 [1846]; BL 10369.bbb.20, Edinburgh Library YDA 1830 S83 (YDA 1828.846), YDA 1832.846, YDA 1832.846 [33083, 43568, 43577, 43844, G.8916, P.8646] [?1846], fYDA 1828.846 [B.297, K.54844] [1846: 21.8 x 16.5 ins], NLS A.104.f [1851]; NLS R.238.i [1852: in Oliver & Boyd's Scottish tourist]; BL 10369.b.12, BOL G.A.Scotl.8o 127, NLS R.238.i, A.115.e.14, A.116.e.35 [1860: in Oliver & Boyd's Scottish tourist]; BOL C18:45 Edinburgh (49), CUL Maps.bb.19.G.51, NLS Map.1.43.39, RGS MR Scotland S.54 [515584], Dumfries, Ewart Library [seems to be this] 1855/1970: Lizars/Bartholomew].
Industry:
textiles, abbatoirs
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
horticultural gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms
Parkland:
botanic gardens, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified: [Masonic Hall listed under 'Places of entertainment and public rooms'].
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
At bottom: tops of a couple visible: cf the 1970 Bartholomew reissue.
Borders:
keyboard type
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only: Separate list of temperance hotels.
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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