Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1891
CBTM:
21770
Map Date:
1891
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.b.2.71, EMS.b.2.82
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT257736
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 2770
Map title:
[1891:] [cover:] W. & A.K. Johnston's new plan of Edinburgh, Leith, and Portobello', [map:] 'Johnston's plan of Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello and environs, constructed from the latest surveys with additions by the local surveyors of these towns, by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London. 1891.'; [1890.c:] [cover:] 'Johnston's plan of Edinburgh', [map:] 'W. & A.K. Johnston's plan of Edinburgh.'
Comments on map:
Entry based on two versions, EMS.b.2.71, dated 1891, and with the more extended cover, and EMS.b.2.82, dated c.1890 by NLS, with more limited cover, and hand-coloured water, roads, railways, public buildings and open spaces. The contours and road-shading in particular are symptomatic of Ordnance Survey derivation; building shapes more plausible than on the 1861 map [Exeter 21763].
Scale:
1:10,560
Map-maker:
W. & A.K. Johnston [authors, pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
91.3 x 82.0 [small map 47.0 x 61.0].
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Large map: squaring, railways, tramways, contours, municipal boundary; small map: public buildings and places of interest, public parks and open spaces, railways and tramlines.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
generally
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Mills:
(unspecified type)
Canals:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, piers, misc: Warehouses, Timber Slip, 50-ton crane, Dock Company Offices.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, misc: Named wells.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, rifle ranges, drill halls: [Castle, Fort, Martello Tower].
Welfare and charitable:
deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, orphanages, sailors, workhouses, misc: House of Refuge, Watson's Institution, Magdalene Asylum.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
gymnasia, sports grounds, recreation grounds, misc: [Royal Patent Gymnasium: with Seesaw, Trapeze]].
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough
Known copies of map:
Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.888 [4365, 61112A, D.36240, G.74779] [1888]; RGS MR Scotland S.3 [515589] [1888]; NLS EMS.b.2.82 [1890.c: 46.2 x 58.5]; BOL C18:45 Edinburgh (2), BOL C18:45 Edinburgh (10), CUL Maps.138.89.1, NLS EMS.b.2.71 [1891]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.892 [44258], YDA 1834.892 (YDA 1828.892) [8645] [1892: in Mun & par dir]; BL PP.2511.md, BOL C18:45 Edinburgh (9), NLS Map.Rol.b.47, EMS.b.2.179 [index] [1893: col by phs]; BLML Maps 8735 (13) [1893: uncol]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.894 [44255] [1894]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.895 [44256] [1895]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1818.896 [G.31321] [1896: proposed boundary extension]; Edinburgh Library fYDA1828.896 [92700, G.74796] [1896]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.828 [yDA 1828.896] [8709], xYDA 1828 [1896: for PO Dir]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.897 [A.4323], YDA 1834.897 (YDA 1828.897] [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS Newman 733 [1897]; Edinburgh Library f1898.898 [G.37262] [1898]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.898 [A.4324], TDA 1834.898 [YDA 1828.898) [8709], xYDA 1828, NLS Map.l.60.58 [1898-9]; Edinburgh Library fYDA 1818.899 [A.4320], YDA 1834.899 (YDA 1828.899) [8709], xYDA 1828 [1899]; fYDA 1828.900 [D.36261, G.20812] [1900]; Edinburgh Library YDA 1834.900 (YDA 1828.900) [8709], xYDA 1828 [1900: PO Dir]; BLML Maps 8735 (16) [1903: Parly col]; NLS EMS.s.659 [1905/6]; Edinburgh Library [complete holdings dor 1901-2 to 1916-17 for Post Office Directory].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, chemicals, distilling, engineering, food/drink, glass, ship yards, oil/soap etc, rope walk, furniture/pottery, textiles, uncertain: Mills, factories, works; Steam Laundry, Steam Preserve Works, Bottle, Butterine, Marble, Margrain and Rubber works.
Railways:
routes, sidings, earthworks, goods depots, named, passenger stations: OS-style depiction of sidings and single lines.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore: [Low water springs].
Gardens:
nurseries
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, museums, art galleries
Parkland:
botanic gardens, public parks, private parks and ornamental ground: Sun Dial and Whales Jaws on The Meadows; Queen Mary's Sun Dial, Fountain at Holyrood House.
Service and professional:
banks
Antiquities:
Remains of batteries, camps of rebels in 1745 uprising; a few outlying buildings with dates.
Waterbodies:
shown, curling ponds
Clubs and societies:
Conservative, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile [large map only].
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown, misc: Cable Tramway Offices.
Other land-uses & land-cover:
misc: Feuing Grounds.
Stated measuerments:
contours, spot heights: 50-ft contours.
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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