Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh-1900
CBTM:
21771
Map Date:
? 1900
Repository reference:
NLS l.83.37
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:
[Bottom left]: 'Plan of Edinburgh', [top right:] 'Visitor's guide the Royal Hotel, Donald Macgregor.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Evidently extracted from a larger map: broken names on west and north. Style neither quite Johnston, nor Bartholomew, despite Egyptian for stations. Dated 1900 by NLS.
Scale:
1:7040*
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
48.3 x 40.5
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
royal palaces
Buildings:
some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
misc: Named well.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, police, internal revenue
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries
Welfare and charitable:
blind, deaf & dumb, hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Gillespie's Institution, Site of New Infirmary.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges, observatories
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges, markets
Recreation and sports venues:
gymnasia: [Royal Gymnasium].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Known copies of map:
NLS Map.l.83.37 [photocopy].
Industry:
abbatoirs, misc: Rubber Works.
Railways:
routes, goods depots, named, passenger stations: 'St Leonards Station'.
Leisure and entertainment:
public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, art galleries
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons, learned societies, trade and livery company halls, unspecified
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Top right: the Royal Hotel.
Relief:
prominent hills
Monuments:
Monuments, statues
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only: [Royal Hotel only: very prominent].
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
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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