Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Musselburgh-1824
CBTM:
21738
Map Date:
1824
Repository reference:
NLS EMS.p.80
Historic county:
Edinburghshire [Midlothian]
Town name:
Musselburgh
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
NT344725
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
NT 3368
Map title:
'Hay's new plan of Musselburgh and its environs 1824.'
Comments on map:
Recorded from photocopy. Rather similar to John Wood, especially with the comprehensive naming. Scales of Scottish and English chains and of feet. Notes on population of Inveresk parish, top right.
Scale:
1:3600
Map-maker:
James Hay, Musselburgh [sv], Chas Thomson, 19 Shakespeare Sq, Edinburgh [eng].
Production mode:
engraved
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
65.0 x 54.0
Number of parts:
1
Road names:
generally
Building names:
important buildings only
Buildings:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
harbours
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Tolbooth.
Defence and military:
magazines/arsenals, misc.: Site of barracks for 1000 infantry, built 1803, demolished 1814.
Education and academic:
schools
Recreation and sports venues:
race courses: With Race Stand.
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Edinburgh Library Roll XDA 2680 [92713], NLS Signet.s.116, NASc RHP 1855; NLS EMS.p.80, NASc RHP 24996 [photo].
Industry:
chemicals, food/drink, furniture/pottery, textiles, timber, misc: Sail Cloth Factory, Flint Mill, wauk Mill.
Railways:
industrial tramways/waggonways
River and foreshore features:
river shoals
Gardens:
shown: [Ornamental ones].
Parkland:
private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
The Duke of Somerset encamped here Septr 9th 1547.
Landowners and occupiers:
owners shown: [Extensive, and fitted into burgage plots].
Clubs and societies:
Freemasons
Vignettes, illustrations, etc:
Bottom right: view of the old bridge.
Relief:
prominent hills
Extractive activity:
coal
Arms and heraldry:
municipal: [Above vignette].
Agricultural and animal-keeping:
sheep: [Sheep Fold].
Geodetic notes:
Cutting lines for Inveresk church: 55.56.30 N, 3.4.20 W from London.
Estate boundary ownership:
corporation/municipal: [March of the Town Lands].
Tenement boundaries group:
apparently fairly complete
Ordnance Survey's
1852
1:1056
1:10,560
1893
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
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