Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1873 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

23361

Map Date:

[1873]

Repository reference:

BL 10028.cc.24

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Abercirder, Edinburgh

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT257736

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Edinburgh for Murray's Handbook.'

Comments on map:

In Handbook for travellers in Scotland, 3rd edition, London: Murray, 1873, f.p. 42. The map may have been printed by Stanford, who were certainly responsible for smaller-scale maps in the volume.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Edwd Weller [author], John Murray, Albemarle St, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

19.7 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

partly

Building names:

royal palaces

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Most buildings which are emphasised, including churches, are unnamed.

Canals:

shown

Sanitary and utility information:

utilities: Usual two named wells.

Places of Worship:

incompletely shown

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges, observatories

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

gymnasia, sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.cc.24 [1873: ed 3: f.p. 42]; BL 10028.cc.25 [1875: ed 4: f.p.42: photo-enlarged]; BL 10028.cc.27 [1883: ed 5: f.p. 42: as for 1875].

Railways:

routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries

Parkland:

botanic gardens, public parks

Antiquities:

John Knox's House.

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified

Relief:

prominent hills

Monuments:

statues: [Numerous].

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Garden and park buildings:

sundials: [Q. Mary's Bath & Sun Dial].

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