Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1858 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22783

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, fYDA 1828.858 [G.8904]

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:

Dated '25 July 1858' added in manuscript. Printed in Sepia. Looks like a straightforward transcript of Ordnance Survey.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

B.R. Davies, 16 George Str, Euston Squ., N.W. [dr, eng], Day & Son, Lithrs to the Queen [lith], Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 139 Fleet St [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

45.0 x 31.5

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Watson's Institution.

Education and academic:

schools, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

CW107: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.858 [G.8903, G.8904, B33219].

Industry:

distilling, chemicals, food/drink, glass, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, abbatoirs

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

shown, nurseries, misc: Experimental Garden.

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown, curling ponds

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Relief:

prominent hills: [Salisbury Crags, etc].

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Arms and heraldry:

publisher: [Weekly Dispatch logo, above title].

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only

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