Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1865
CBTM:
21763
Map Date:
[1865]
Repository reference:
NLS M.19/1a
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:
'Plan of Edinburgh, Leith & suburbs.'
Scale:
1:12,000
Map-maker:
[W. & A.K. Johnston [authors, pr, pb].]
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.3 x 51.3
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Some buildings emphasised but not described.
Turnpikes:
shown
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, police, internal revenue
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, orphanages, workhouses, misc: Gladstone Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
misc: Parliamentary.
Known copies of map:
CW109-111, 114, 116, 117: Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.860 [D.36188], YDA 1834.860 (YDA 1828.860)b [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1860: for P.O.Directory: CW109]; Edinburgh City Archives 9.c.1 [1860: showing parishes: 4 copies]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.861 (YDA 1828.861) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37, Map 24.d.5(2) [1861: overprinted with Hislop's Time Gun Map]; fYDA 1828.862 [D.36208], YDA 1834.862 (YDA 1828.862) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1862: with Hislop's Time Gun Map, 18.75 x 20 ins, CW110]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.863 [42530.1, 42530.2], YDA 1834.863 (YDA 1828.863) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS NB 37 [1863: with Hislop's Time Gun Map: CW111]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.863 [92697] [1863: no overprint, etc]; Edinburgh Library fYTD 584 [B.2589] [1863: with drainage plan overprint]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.865 [D.36178], YRA 490 [YDA 1828.863] [42695], NLS M.19/1.a [Edinburgh, Leith & suburbs, 464 x 491 mm, 5.25'', in Henry Littlejohn, Report on the sanitary condition of the City of Edinburgh: CW114]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.868 [G.8908] [1868: CW116]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1828.869 [D.33208] ['CW116e']; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.870 [G.8909] [1870: CW117]; BL PP.2511.m [1846+]; NLS A.118.e [1874: return of burgh engineer].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, distilling, engineering, food/drink, rope walk, abbatoirs, uncertain, misc: Mills, Rubber Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations
Gardens:
horticultural gardens, nurseries, physic gardens: [Horticultural Society's Gardens].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, riding schools, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, misc: Diorama.
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Chapel ruins, tombs, rebel camp September 1745.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
learned societies, trade and livery company halls
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
spot heights, other: Arthurs Seat; dock acreages.
Tenement boundaries group:
less built-up parts only: Outlying villas, etc, 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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