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Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1861

CBTM:
22098
Map Date:
21.6.1861
Repository reference:
CUL Maps.31.86.46
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:
'Plan of the city of Edinburgh.'
Comments on map:
Inset on sheet 3 of 'Clarke's Railway and Steam Navigation Map of the United Kingdom of Gt. Britain & Ireland, the Isle of Man & Channel Islands, and part of the Empire of France... by Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S.... 1860'. Inset plans: top left, Dublin; top right, Edinburgh; bottom left, London; bottom right, Paris. Printing information on sheets 19 and 21, where '27' and publication date have been pasted on.
Scale:
1:7992
Map-maker:
Samuel Clarke, C.E., F.R.G.S., 27 Upper Brook St, Ipswich [author, pb], S.H. Cowell, Ipswich [pr].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
39.5 x 36.5 [inset].
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
general highlighting of district, transport.: Hand-coloured: railways multi-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, important buildings only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
sewers, misc: Public Steam Washing Ho.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, College of Heralds, Parliament, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, mental, orphanages, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Known copies of map:
BOL C15(87), CUL Maps.31.86.46 [railway & steam navigation map]; BOL C15(87A) [geological map].
Industry:
distilling, textiles, uncertain: Mills.
Railways:
routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations: Railways multi-coloured.
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries, misc: Diorama.
Parkland:
misc, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: [Horticultual Societys Gardens].
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
John Knox's House.
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, misc: United Service.
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Dedicee of map:
[Main map: The proprietors, directors and officials of the railway & steam packet companies, shipowners, and merchants of the United Kingdom.]
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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