Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1869 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22428

Map Date:

? 1869

Repository reference:

BL 10369.bb.40

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 Edinburgh.'

Comments on map:

At start of Sinclair's guide book through Edinburgh, Edinburgh: Sinclair, n.d. [BM RD blue 20 JY 69].

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

J. Sinclair, 3 Bristo Port, Edinburgh [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

16.3 x 12.3 [map: 20.7 x 16.8 overall].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces, outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Numerous buildings emphasised but not described.

Canals:

shown

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, dispensaries, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10369.bb.40(9).

Industry:

distilling, textiles, abbatoirs, uncertain: Mills.

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, zoological gardens

Service and professional:

banks

Clubs and societies:

unspecified, learned societies

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Down sides: six notable monuments.

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

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