Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1857
CBTM:
22750
Map Date:
? 1857
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 28.bb.27
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 by W. & A.K. Johnston engravers to the Queen'.
Comments on map:
Pasted on back of a section of New travelling map of Scotland by A. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E. &c., 1:633,600, Edinburgh: Johnston, London: Stanford, 1857 [this map has water colour-printed in blue].
Scale:
1:24,000
Map-maker:
W. & A.K. Johnston [authors].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
13.7 x 10.0 [map: 21.8 x 10.0 with reference].
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
partly
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BLML Maps 28.bb.27; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.857 [G.18031] [may be this].
Industry:
engineering
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, art galleries
Parkland:
zoological gardens
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, unspecified
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom left: Castle from Grass Market.
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
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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