Maps

and Aerial Views

Please scroll down OR select the fuller index without thumbnail maps.

Large maps may take a long time to load, but the wait may be worthwhile.

Edinburgh

   Edinburgh map  -  1860  -  zoomed out ©

1575  Castle and City Walls

1460,   1544,   1582,   1649,    1670,   1830, 1844,   1860,   1870,   1923,   1925,  1940,  1955

Edinburgh  Aerial Views

   Aerial Map of Edinburgh  -  2001 ©

1868 engraving

2001      2003      2006

Comparison 1844, 1925, 2001

Edinburgh  Pictorial Map

Pictorial Map of Edinburgh showing Bruce Peebles' works, 1866 to 1954 ©

1954  showing Bruce Peebles works

Edinburgh Districts

including Edinburgh N, S, E, W

  Edinburgh and Leith map, 1940  -  Central Edinburgh section ©

SMALL and LARGE:

1870

1912

1915

1925

1940

1955

Edinburgh Districts

including Edinburgh N, S, E, W

   1844 Map  -  Canonmills ©

MAPS and AERIAL VIEWS:

Comparison 1844, 1925, 2001

Edinburgh and Leith

Chronological Map - 1919

Chronological Map of Edinburgh ©

SMALL:

Edinburgh      Leith

LARGE:

Edinburgh      West      Central      East

Edinburgh Districts

Maps AND Aerial Photos

Edinburgh  -  1844  -  A section from a map produced for the Society for the Dissemination of Useful Knowledge ©

1844 in 16 parts

1925 in 16 parts

2001 in 16 parts

1914 and 1930  Greenend and Moredun Mill

1948 - Morrison Street

1950s - Pubs around Bristo Street

1955 - Stenhouse St Aiden's Church

Edinburgh - Central

   Edinburgh map  -  1860 ©

1830  1840   1850   1860   1870   1917   2001

1840 map -  snack bars today

World War II - Air Raid Shelters

Edinburgh
Castle to Calton Hill

   1830 map  -  Edinburgh Castle to Calton Hill ©

1830  1840  1848  1865

Edinburgh - Old Town

   Edinburgh Old Town and New Town - Map from 1817 Guide ©

Old Town - 1575

Dumbiedykes  -  1820    1821    1868

Fire in the Old Town

1891 - Edinburgh Old Town  and zooming-in on:

Dumbiedykes     Edinburgh Gas Works

Royal Mile (E)     Royal Mile (W)

St Leonard's       South Side       Waverley

Edinburgh - Old Town sketches

Sketch showing St Ann's School, St Patrick's School, St Patrick's Church and the Water Tank in the Church Grounds ©

Arthur Street,  Nos 15-21

1940  Arthur Street  water tank

1940 Cowgate School, Church, Water Tank

c.1950 Cowgate Schools and Church

 Royal Mile Closes

William J Hay  -  Small leaflet  -  Royal Mile Map ©

1817  1830  1928  1979

1979

early C20  -  large

early C20  -  small

Foot of Canongate - mid-C18

Top of Canongate - mid-C18

Fleshmarket Close - 1876-77

Fleshmarket Close - 1893-94

Edinburgh - Princes Street

   Edinburgh Map - 1860 ©

Views

Hotels - 1915

The route to EPS

Photographic Studios

Princes Street Studios  1860-1900

Princes Street Studios:  1900: Nos 26-46

Edinburgh - New Town

Map of Edinburgh New Town  -  Kirkwood, 1817  -  The map has links to sections that can be enlarged ©

Kirkwood's map - 1817

Sections of the Map

Index:  Streets and Buildings

Edinburgh - New Town and surrounding area  -  sketches

Sketch of East Thomas Street, including house numbers ©

c.1950   East Thomas Street

Edinburgh - Waverley

   ©

1817  1830   1844  1858   1860   1917   2001

Edinburgh - Dumbiedykes

   Maps of the Dumbiuedykes district of Edinburgh ©

c.1820     c.1821      1868

Cowgate and Pleasance

Edinburgh - Lawnmarket

   Map of Lawnmarket for comparison with 1970s photo ©

Lawnmarket - for comparison with 1970s photo

Edinburgh - Detail from large-scale maps

©

Freer Street, Fountainbridge, 1894

Bedford Street, Stockbridge, 1894

Edinburgh - Who lived where?

Baird Drive - Who lived where, around 1930? ©

Murrayfield, Baird Avenue

 - Who lived where, c.1930?

 - Who lived where, c.1930? - 2012 update

Edinburgh - EPS Meeting Halls

   Edinburgh New Town  -  Map showing the Halls in which Edinburgh Photographic Society has held its Meetings ©

SMALL:   EPS

LARGE:   EPS

Edinburgh - Housing

   Edinburgh  - Albert Street area   -  Map showing hutments ©

Map extracts:

Hutments (1920-21):  Albert Street

Hutments (1920-21):  Meadowbank

Plan on Drainage Report:

Hutments (1920-21):  Meadowbank

Edinburgh - Royal Botanic Garden

   Map of Royal Botanic Garden, Inverleith - 1909 ©

1925 - OS Map - District Map

1870 - Garden Map

1909 - Garden Map

1970 - Garden Map

2012 - Garden Map

Edinburgh - Time Gun

   Edinburgh Time-Gun Map  -  1861  -  The whole map ©

1861 - map divided into 6 large sections

1861 - map divided into 24 small sections

Edinburgh & Leith - Transport

   Map of Edinburg'sh Railways from 1831 ©

Airport - 1923

Railways   -  from 1831 to early 1900s

Railways -  1928

Railways  -  1895 - Niddrie Station

Railways  -  1853 - Scotland Street Station

Railways + Trams - 1924 - Edinburgh

Railways + Trams - 1824 - Salamander Street

Trams + Buses  -  1920    1924   1926   1929

Tram Routes from Granton - 1952

SMALL:   1908 Exhibition

LARGE:   1908 Exhibition

Edinburgh - Princes Street
Photographic Studios

   Photographic studios in Princes Street in the 1850s and 1860s ©

1850s-1860s

1865

Edinburgh  -  Waterfront

   Edinburgh Waterfront  -  Aerial Photos  -  2001 ©

2001 Aerial Photos

Forthquarter Park

Firth of Forth

     Cover of a Balloon Map of the Firth of Forth, published in 1907 ©

'Coastal Cultural Marathon, 2010' - an exhibit at Granton Lighthouse in the Cultural Olympiad 2010 Competition, held in 2009 ©

1907 Map

2009 Competition Entry

Forthside
Leith Western Harbour

Edinburgh Forthside  -  Proposals for Leith Western Harbour ©

Leith Western Harbour

Granton Western Harbour

Port of Leith

Edinburgh and Leith

 

  0_map_edinburgh_and_leith_1835.jpg (36180 bytes) ©

1812  1835  1840  1860  1870  1917  1925  2001

1884 + zoom in to read street names 

Edinburgh and Leith

 with Links to Pictures

   Map with links to Engravings from Modern Athens, published 1829 ©

1829  -  Shepherd

1850s -  Begbie

1950s -  Evening News

2000s -  My Photos

OS Map showing streets within Calder Circle where prefab housing once stood.Prefab ©

Calder  -  streets of pre-fab houses

Fountainbridge

    Extract from a 1940s Ordnance Survey map -  Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, showing the location of trheXL Bar. ©

Showing the location of the 'XL Bar'

1940s

Gilmerton

Map of the area around Gilmerton House  -  Ordnance Survey County Series Map, 1843-1893 ©

Gilmerton House  (later, Gilmour House):

1843-1893 County Series

1891-1912 County Series

Granton

   Granton Harbour Map  -  1937 ©

 

   Map showing the railway lines near the inshore end of Granton Western Breakwater ©

Granton Harbour:  1834 Plan    1937

Granton Harbour (aerial view):

early-1970s        early-1970s + key

Railway near the Harbour  early-1950s    1955

United Wire Works (aerial views):

Early        Later

Lauriston

   Lauriston Castle, Edinburgh ©

Lauriston Castle

Notice Board  c.2000

Leith

   Map of Leith - 1840 ©

1693  1804  1835  1840  1860  1870  1917  2001

SMALL:    1870    1915    1925

LARGE:    1870    1915    1925

1894  Old Sugarhouse Close

1919 chronological map

World War II - Air Raid Shelters

Murrayfield

    1826 map, showing the realignment of Ravelston Dykes Road ©

Ravelston Dykes Road (re-alignment)

1826

Newhaven

   Newhaven map  -  1840 ©

1840   1860    1870   1917   2001

Newhaven (aerial view):

1978        1978 + key

Newington

    Ordnance Survey Map, 1852, showing Echo Bank, Newington ©

Echo Bank, Newington:  1852

Portobello

   portobello map  -  1917  -  zoomed in ©

1890   1917

Tanfield

      Aerial View of Morrison & Gibb Factory, Tanfield - 1937 ©

Aerial View: 1937

Trinity

Aerial Views  -  1947

   Aerial View s of Trinity, Edinburgh  -  1947 ©

SMALL + KEY:

Trinity     NW Trinity     NE Trinity     Wardie

LARGE:

Trinity     NW Trinity     NE Trinity     Wardie

SMALL:

with sketch of Lochinvar Camp (c.1940) added

The Wisp

   The Wisp  -  25 inch Ordnance Survey Map, 1914 ©

zoom-in:       1914     1932

zoom-out:     1932     1938

Edinburgh Boundaries

   Map showing Edinburgh Boundaries before and after 1920 ©

1920

Edinburgh - Whole City

Map by John Bartholemew & Son Ltd.  -  The whole city of Edinburgh, 1925 ©

SMALL:

1925

1925 (+ proposed 2010 tramline)

LARGE:

1925

1925 (very large)

1925 (+ proposed 2010 tramline)

Around Edinburgh

  ©

1884 - Cramond to Portobello

1884 - Queensferry to Musselburgh

1884 - Edinburghshire

Dalmeny Estate

Map of Edinburgh Boundaries before and after 1920 - also showing the Dalmeny Estate ©

1920

Firth of Forth

    Valentine Postcard  -  multiview  -  4 photos and a map ©

1950s map from a Valentine Postcard

 

Outline Maps

showing Edinburgh

   The British Isles  -  Outline Map ©

Britain + Ireland       Europe       World

Scotland - Railways

 ../1_MAP/1_map_railways_scotland.htm ©

North of Scotland

Central + South of Scotland

Scotland

   Map of Scotland  -  c.1830 ©

1794    1806    1830

Britain and Ireland

   Map of the British Isles  -  1877 ©

1794    1830    1844    1877    1987    Outline

Europe

   Map of Europe  -  2001

1813     2001     Outline

World

   Map of the World  -  2002

1834   2002   Outline    Continents    Globe

Aerial Views

   Google Earth Image  -  Looking to the NE across Merchiston Terraces ©

Recent Goole images +
Some earlier Aerial Views

Maps on Postcards

    Map of Edinburgh on a Postcard, published by Whiteholme of Dundee ©

Recent Maps

Central Edinburgh (1)

Central Edinburgh (2)

Firth of Forth

Edinburgh & Borders

1725 Map

Scotland

SE Scotland

Fuller index

This link is to a fuller list of maps on the web site,
but without the thumbnail images

 

PLEASE NOTE: 

1.  Some maps may be SLOW to LOAD, especially the larger maps.

2.  However, I have assumed that most viewers will be prepared to wait a little longer  to see a better quality image, rather than see a poor quality quickly.   I hope you find the wait worthwhile.  Once a large map appears, you should be able to scroll across it and up and down, using the scroll bars.

- Peter Stubbs

 

Maps

Other web sites

Edinburgh Today

For maps of Edinburgh and elsewhere in Britain today, I recommend Multimap.

The Multimap site displays maps for post-codes, and has Edinburgh web-cams.

Edinburgh Yesterday

For old maps of Edinburgh and elsewhere I recommend the NLS map site.

This site can display many maps from the National Library of Scotland's collection.

Edinburgh Today and Yesterday

For old maps, new maps and aerial views of Edinburgh and elsewhere I recommend this Old Maps web site.  Maps on this site can be found by searching for by searching for place names, addresses or co-ordinates

Granton History Group

For the following interactive tram route maps and references to other sources of information.

1920 Tram Route Map (Edinburgh & Leith)

1950 Tram Route Map (Edinburgh)

 

 

__________________