Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Leith-1777 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21681

Map Date:

1777

Repository reference:

NLS Signet s.110

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Leith

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT272762

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 2770

Map title:

'... plan of the town of Leith from an actual survey...'

Comments on map:

References to 'the lanes and alleys' named by the magistrates and commissioners, and to public buildings and 'antiquities'.

Scale:

1:2400

Map-maker:

Alexr Wood, Teacher of Mathematics in Leith [sv].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

71.7 x 55.0 [map: plate 72.7 x 55.8].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Mills:

windmills: 'Old wind mill originally a bastion in the fortifications'.

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, piers, misc: Starting Post, Distance Post (offshore).

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, misc: Trinity House.

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

CW65: BOL Gough Maps Scotland 89, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.777 [B.8988] [copy of framed copy at 'Leith Branch'], NLS Signet.s.110, RSGS, NASc RHP 34211, RSGS '318(1)', '318(2)'; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards]; NLS [photo].

Industry:

glass, stone/builders' yards, rope walk, timber: Marble Yard.

Gardens:

shown

Antiquities:

Various relics of Oliver Cromwell's fortifications.

Decorative cartouches:

symbolic/non-realistic: Title on oval, framed by trees, with port of Leith as seen from west behind, with the old windmill (without sails) in the middle.

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Public Weigh House.

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Flag House.

Cemeteries:

shown

Dedicee of map:

Magistrates, Commissioners of Police and 'the four incorporations'.

Tenement boundaries group:

less built-up parts only