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

CBTM:

21870

Map Date:

? 1858

Repository reference:

NLS Bartholomew Archive [brown folder, 'Edinburgh Plans'].

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:

'Brydone's plan of the City of Edinburgh. By J. Bartholomew, Edinburgh.'

Comments on map:

An early example of Bartholomew's clarity by omitting 'ordinary' buildings: still serifed street names.

Scale:

1:9000

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinburgh [author], J. Brydone, 19 Princes St, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

41.3 x 33.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police, central government

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, workhouses

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

exchanges, markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 10370.a.49(4), Edinburgh Library YDA 1832.857 (YDA 1828.857) [G.26895] [1857]; BLML Maps 8735 (9), BL 10370.a.25 [1858]; NLS Bartholomew Archive [brown folder, 'Edinburgh Plans'] [?1858]; BL 010370.df.14 [1859].

Industry:

distilling, abbatoirs, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

Gardens:

nurseries

Leisure and entertainment:

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

Parkland:

public parks

Service and professional:

banks

Antiquities:

Martyr's Tomb, Chapel Royal Ruins.

Clubs and societies:

Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Relief:

cliffs

Monuments:

Monuments, statues

Post and telegraphs:

electric telegraph office

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Reference system:

squaring: 0.25-mile.

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