Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1865
CBTM:
21736
Map Date:
? 1865
Repository reference:
NLS Newman 521, EMS.s.367, BLML Maps 31.b.35
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh, Leith
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
'Hislop's new plan of Edinburgh & Leith with suburbs, from Ordnance and actual surveys, constructed for the Post Office Directory, by John Bartholomew, F.R.G.S.'; 'Plan of Edinburgh & Leith with suburbs... 1884' [as foregoing]; 'Bartholomew's plan of Edinburgh & Leith with suburbs constructed from Ordnance and Actual Surveys.'
Comments on map:
Composite entry from ?1865 and 1884 versions, the latter with extended cover on south and west, and 1897 version, further extended on landward sides and including Portobello. Mostly a straightforward transcript of Ordnance Survey 1:10,560.
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
J. Bartholomew, Edinr. [eng].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
57.2 x 66.0 [1865], 66.7 x 75.5 [1884], 107.0 x 87.5 [1897].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
altitude information, boundaries
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, piers
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, misc: Filter Beds.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges: [Castle, Fort; rifle ranges with distances at Hunters Bog].
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, mental, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Magdale Asylum, Gladstone Asylum [for mad liberals?], John Watson's Institution.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories: [Royal Observatory].
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
gymnasia, sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
Parish, Ward, misc: Registration districts.
Known copies of map:
CW118: Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.864 (YDA 1828.864) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1864]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.865 [92696, G.17616], fYDA 1834.865 (YDA 1828.865) [G.8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1865], NLS Newman 521 [1865: Hislop's New Plan; A & C Black]; fYDA 1828.866 [42530.3, D.36207], YDA 1834.866 (YDA 1828.866) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, RGS MR Scotland S.101 [515586] [1866]; YDA 1834.867 (YDA 1828.867) [8709], xYDA1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1867]; fYDA 1828.868 [42087, 42534], xYDA 1827, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1868]; YDA 1834.869 (YDA 1828.869) [8709], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1869]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.870 [42084-5], YDA 1834.870 (YDA 1828.870) [8709, G.27533], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1870]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.871 (YDA 1828.871) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37, NASc RHP 25412 [1871]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.872 [42086, G.74790], YDA 1834.872 (YDA 1828.872) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1872]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.873 [G.8910], YDA 1834.873 (YDA 1828.873) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1873]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.874 (YDA 1828.874) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1874]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.875 [A.4695], YDA 1834.875 (YDA 1828.875) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1875]; YDA 1834.876 (YDA 1828.876) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, EMS.s.397 [1876]; CUL Maps.c.138.87.1, Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.877 (YDA 1828.877) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [complete], Map.24.d.5(3) [incomplete] [1877]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.878 (YDA 1828.878) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1878]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.879 [44264, D.36173], YDA 1834.879 (YDA 1828.879) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1879]; NASc RHP 29054 [1879 or later: with railway annotations]; CUL Maps.c.138.88.1, Edinburgh Library xYDA 1828.880 [8709], NLS NB 37 [1880]; NASc RHP 25367 [1881: possibly not a PO version]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.881 (YDA 1828.881) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, RSGS '366' [1881]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.882 (YDA 1828.882) [8709], xYDA 1828 [1882]; Edinburgh Library fYDA YDA 1834.883 (YDA 1828.883) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37, NASc RHP 44049, 44050 [1883]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.883 [16446, 24533] [1883: Post Office Map overprinted with municipal wards, [CW121]]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.884 (YDA 1828.884) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1884]; NLS EMS.s.367 [1884: copy with feuing info]; NLS Map.X4.146 [1884: proposed burgh extension]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.885 [92694], YDA 1834.885 (YDA 1828.885) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, NASc RHP 30946 [1885]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.886 [44265], YDA 1834.886 (YDA 1828.886) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1886]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.887 (YDA 1828.887) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1887]; BLML Maps 8735 (12), Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.888 (YDA 1828.888) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1888]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.889 (YDA 1828.889) [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1889]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.890 (YDA 1828.890) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, Map.24.d.5(4) [1890]; NLS Map.X4.107 [1890: proposed burgh extension]; Edinburgh Library xYDA 1828.891 [8709], xYDA 1828, Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS NB 37 [1891]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.892 (YDA 1828.892) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, Map.24.d.5(5) [1892]; NASc RHP 31581 [1892-3]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.893 (YDA 1828.893) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1893]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards], NLS Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.894 (YDA 1828.894) [8709], xYDA 1828, NB 37 [1894]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.895 (YDA 1828.895) [8709], xYDA 1828 [1895: PO directory]; BL PP.2511.m [1846+]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.895 [D.36182] ['1895-6']; BLML Maps 31.b.35, BOL C18:45 Edinburgh (13), CUL Maps 138.89.5, NLS Map.s.38.36 [1897]; BLML Maps 8735 (15) [1903].
Industry:
chemicals, engineering, food/drink, glass, rope walk, textiles, timber, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Sail Cloth, Mills.
Railways:
routes, sidings, earthworks, goods depots, motive power depots, named, passenger stations, projected or otherwise unbuilt lines
Gardens:
nurseries, misc: Experimental Garden.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries, baths/spa
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Including proposed parks; Fountain, Sun Dial at Holyrood.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Chapel ruins.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, unspecified
Relief:
prominent hills
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Towers:
tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Other land-uses & land-cover:
marsh/wetland, misc: Feuing Grounds.
Stated measuerments:
spot heights, other: Dense around Arthur's Seat, including some in round 100s; scattered elsewhere. Dock acreages.
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
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