Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1860 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22095

Map Date:

? 1860

Repository reference:

CUL Maps.c.122.86.1

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:

'Map of Edinburgh'.

Comments on map:

On back of 'Visitor's Map. The Queens Hotel... Glasgow... The Royal Hotel... Edinburgh', map of central Scotland and southern highlands. Dated c.1860 in CUL cards, which seems right for railways. Very little text apart from street-names.

Scale:

1:18,000

Map-maker:

[Maclure & Macdonald, 20 St Vincent Place [eng]].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.8 x 12.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly: More complete in New Town than Old Town.

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Many buildings emphasised but not named.

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Known copies of map:

CUL Maps.c.122.86.1.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks, private parks and ornamental ground

Relief:

prominent hills

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