Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Edinburgh: Canongate; Leith: North Leith-1813

CBTM:

21716

Map Date:

1813

Repository reference:

NLS [county folder]

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Edinburgh: Canongate; Leith: North Leith

Map type:

Miscellaneous

Extent of cover:

fragmentary

National grid reference:

NT268738

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'Plan of the Regality of Canongate... 1813.'; 'Plan of North Leith within the Regality of Canongate'.

Comments on map:

Surveyed under the direction of the Deputy Clerk. Description of boundaries of Canongate below title.

Scale:

1:1440

Map-maker:

William Bell, Land Surveyor, Browns Close, Canongate [sv].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

58-74 x 115

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

generally: Closes named in detail.

Buildings:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

harbours, docks, misc: Warehouse.

Sanitary and utility information:

sewers, misc: Common Sewer, Wells (in streets).

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs: Tolbooth-Court House is pictorial.

Welfare and charitable:

workhouses

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [Regality].

Known copies of map:

CW70. NLS EMS.s.60, Signet.s.101, City Arch.6.b.1, City Arch.6.b.2, RSGS '335A'; NASc RHP 191 [south half only]; NLS [website]; NLS Map.Fac.s.112 [1992: City of Edinburgh District Council].

Industry:

engineering, food/drink, ship yards, timber, misc: Coach Work, Marble Work.

Gardens:

shown

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [Various, including some dates of acquisition, especially in North Leith].

Clubs and societies:

trade and livery company halls

Relief:

prominent hills

Crosses:

multiple crosses, named, (pictorial): [St John's Cross, Girth Cross].

Arms and heraldry:

uncertain: Above title: with motto 'Sic itur ad astra'.

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

The Baron Bailie, Resident Bailie, Treasurer, Principal Clerk and Deputy Clerk of Canongate.

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

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