Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Leith-1822 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21775

Map Date:

1822

Repository reference:

NLS [county folder]

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 and its environs with the intended improvements by Charles Thomson Engraver Cross Edinbr. 1822'.

Scale:

1:3600

Map-maker:

John Thomson, 2 High St, Cross [eng, pb], John Anderson, 53 North Bridge, William Swinton, 1 North Bridge, Edinburgh, William Reid, Robert Allardice, James Burnett and James Watt, all Leith [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

92.2 x 59.0

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Emphasised buildings are lettered, but no key is supplied. Extensive projected building without infill is shown.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, harbours, navigation aids, piers, naval dockyards

Sanitary and utility information:

reservoirs, misc: Named well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

misc: Trinity House.

Education and academic:

schools, observatories: [Observatory is pictorial].

Woodland:

shown

Known copies of map:

CW82: NLS EMS.s.183, Edinburgh City Archives City Arch.12.b.1, Edinburgh Library fYDA 1828.822 [B.8989] [copy of framed copy at 'Leith Branch'] [1822]; Edinburgh City Archives 3.b.1 [1823]; Edinburgh Library Roll YDA 1828.825 [B.2568], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1825]; NLS Signet.s.111 [1827: CW82]; NLS [website]; Edinburgh Library Roll YDA 1828.829 [B.2567], Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1829].

Industry:

distilling, engineering, glass, rope walk, timber, uncertain, misc: Mills, Coach Manufactory.

Gardens:

shown

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

banks

Landowners and occupiers:

owners shown incompletely: [In less built-up parts].

Waterbodies:

shown

Decorative cartouches:

abstract decorative: Sunburst effect behind title.

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

Bottom left: view of the town, and Edinburgh behind, from the sea.

Borders:

keyboard type

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Cemeteries:

shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

heath/uncultivated

Tenement boundaries group:

very incomplete: Larger houses only.