Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1858
CBTM:
22081
Map Date:
[1858]
Repository reference:
BL 10370.b.5
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
Comments on map:
At start of Nelson's historical and descriptive hand-book to Edinburgh, Edinburgh, London, New York: T. Nelson, 1858. The various sections, not all at same scale are headed First Day, Second Day, etc. The Environs of Edinburgh map which follows is printed in the same style, and is by W. & A.K. Johnston, though the engraving of the five detail maps might perhaps be by Bartholomew.
Scale:
1:21,120*
Map-maker:
? W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
13.5 x 8.8 [x 4], 13.7 x 9.2 [maximum].
Number of parts:
5
Colouring:
general highlighting of district: Colour-printed reversed-out ground tint.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
reservoirs
Places of Worship:
Anglican/established only
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BL 10370.b.5, CUL Ll.7.31, Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.858 (YDA 1828.858) [22167], NLS 5.5334(4).
Industry:
abbatoirs
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, art galleries
Parkland:
public parks
Service and professional:
banks, insurance offices
Antiquities:
John Knox Ho.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Cemeteries:
shown
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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