Edinburghshire [Midlothian]-Portobello-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

22793

Map Date:

? 1896

Repository reference:

Edinburgh Central Library, Edinburgh Room, map aperture cards (non-OS, 1450-1953).

Historic county:

Edinburghshire [Midlothian]

Town name:

Portobello

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

NT305739

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

NT 3368

Map title:

'Plan of Portobello prepared for Portobello & District Directory'.

Comments on map:

Recorded from aperture card: precise measurement not possible. Seems to be a straightforward derivative from OS: neat work, reminiscent of Bartholomew.

Scale:

1:10,560*

Map-maker:

Douglas & Smart [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

30 x 20 [approximate].

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Building names:

partly

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Mills:

(unspecified type)

Water transport infrastructure:

piers

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Fountain.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Ch', 'Cha', in Bartholomew style.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough, Ward: [Parliamentary & Municipal boundary].

Known copies of map:

Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1896]; Edinburgh Library [copy on aperture cards] [1898].

Industry:

salt, bricks/tiles, glass, timber

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Gardens:

nurseries

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Foot/bridle ways:

shown

Cemeteries:

shown

Inns, hospitality & refreshment:

misc: Observatory & Restaurant [on pier].

Ordnance Survey's

1852-3

1:10,560

1894-5

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560