Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1853
CBTM:
21734
Map Date:
? 1853
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.1.80
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:
'Forbes & Wilson's plan of the city of Edinburgh and its vicinity: adapted to illustrate the antiquities, as well as the present state and intended improvements of the city...'
Comments on map:
An 1825 plate, with rather obvious revision, especially of railways.
Scale:
1:6336
Map-maker:
Claud Shaw Esq. Civil Engineer & Surveyor, late of the Royal Artillery [author], Geo. Bartholomew [eng], Forbes & Watson (late Manners & Miller), 92 Princes St [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.3 x 47.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, building infill omitted, public buildings emphasised: Extensive areas of projected building, lacking infill, especially either side of Leith Walk.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Watering Stone.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Defence and military:
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:
CW35 BLML Maps 8735 (6), CUL Maps.c.138.82.2, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.825 [A.1863, G.8866, G.28722], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1825: CW35a]; RSGS '345' [1825.c]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.829 [G.8867], NLS EMS.b.1.53, RSGS '348' [1829: CW35b]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.833 [G.43251] [imperfect copy], EdUL [1829: pb Laing & Forbes: CW35c]; NASc RHP 48629 [photo: 1829, Lg & Fb]; RSGS '352' [1833.c: paper w/m 1815]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.852 [43351], CUL Maps.d.18.G.45, NLS EMS.b.1.80 [1853.c: pb Forbes & Wilson: CW35d]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.856 [D.36213, G.8868] [1856: pb Thomas C. Jack: CW35e].
Industry:
distilling, food/drink, rope walk, uncertain, textiles: Mills; [Bleachfield].
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
shown, horticultural gardens: [Horticultural Society's Gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Town Walls built in 1450 and 1513.
Road transport:
coach office: [Coach Yard: ? coach station: on site of North British hotel].
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
trade and livery company halls, unspecified
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: Environs of Edinburgh, 1:158,400.
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Other land-uses & land-cover:
heath/uncultivated
Tenement boundaries group:
incomplete
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
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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