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Edinburgh
© |
1575 Castle and City Walls
1460, 1544, 1582,
1649,
1670, 1830, 1844, 1860, 1870,
1923, 1925, 1940, 1955 |
Edinburgh
-
Aerial Views
© |
1868 engraving
2001
2003
2006
Comparison 1844,
1925, 2001
|
Edinburgh
-
Pictorial Map
© |
1954 showing Bruce Peebles
works |
Edinburgh Districts
including Edinburgh N, S, E, W
© |
SMALL and LARGE:
1870
1912
1915
1925
1940
1955 |
Edinburgh Districts
including Edinburgh N, S, E, W
©
|
MAPS and
AERIAL VIEWS:
Comparison 1844,
1925, 2001
|
Edinburgh
and
Leith
Chronological Map - 1919
© |
SMALL:
Edinburgh
Leith
LARGE:
Edinburgh
West
Central
East |
Edinburgh
Districts
Maps AND Aerial Photos
© |
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
© |
1830 1840
1850 1860 1870 1917 2001
1840 map - snack bars today
World
War II
- Air Raid Shelters |
Edinburgh
Castle to Calton Hill
© |
1830 1840 1848 1865
|
Edinburgh - Old
Town
© |
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
© |
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
© |
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
© |
Views
Hotels - 1915
The
route to EPS
Photographic Studios
Princes
Street Studios 1860-1900
Princes Street Studios: 1900: Nos 26-46
|
Edinburgh -
New Town
© |
Kirkwood's map - 1817
Sections of the Map
Index: Streets and Buildings |
Edinburgh - New
Town and surrounding area - sketches
© |
c.1950 East
Thomas Street |
Edinburgh
- Waverley
© |
1817 1830 1844 1858
1860 1917 2001
|
Edinburgh
- Dumbiedykes
© |
c.1820
c.1821
1868
Cowgate and
Pleasance
|
Edinburgh
- Lawnmarket
© |
Lawnmarket - for comparison with 1970s photo |
Edinburgh
- Detail
from large-scale maps
©
|
-
Freer Street, Fountainbridge, 1894
-
Bedford Street, Stockbridge, 1894 |
Edinburgh
- Who lived
where?
© |
Murrayfield, Baird Avenue
- Who lived where, c.1930?
- Who lived where, c.1930?
- 2012 update |
Edinburgh
- EPS
Meeting Halls
© |
SMALL:
EPS
LARGE:
EPS |
Edinburgh
- Housing
© |
Map extracts:
Hutments
(1920-21): Albert Street
Hutments (1920-21): Meadowbank
Plan on Drainage Report:
Hutments (1920-21): Meadowbank |
Edinburgh -
Royal Botanic Garden
© |
1925
- OS Map - District Map
1870 - Garden Map
1909 - Garden Map
1970 - Garden Map
2012 - Garden Map |
Edinburgh -
Time Gun
© |
1861 - map divided
into 6 large sections
1861 - map divided
into 24 small sections
|
Edinburgh
& Leith - Transport
© |
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
© |
1850s-1860s
1865 |
Edinburgh
- Waterfront
© |
2001 Aerial
Photos
Forthquarter Park
|
Firth of Forth
©
© |
1907 Map
2009 Competition Entry |
Forthside
Leith Western Harbour
© |
Leith
Western Harbour
Granton Western Harbour
Port of Leith |
Edinburgh
and Leith
© |
1812 1835
1840 1860 1870 1917 1925
2001
1884
+ zoom in to read street names
|
Edinburgh
and Leith
with Links to Pictures
© |
1829 -
Shepherd
1850s - Begbie
1950s - Evening
News
2000s - My
Photos |
© |
Calder - streets of pre-fab houses |
Fountainbridge
© |
Showing the location of the 'XL Bar'
1940s |
Gilmerton
© |
Gilmerton House (later, Gilmour
House):
1843-1893 County
Series
1891-1912 County Series
|
Granton
©
© |
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
Notice Board c.2000
|
Leith
© |
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
© |
Ravelston Dykes Road (re-alignment)
1826
|
Newhaven
© |
1840 1860
1870 1917 2001
Newhaven (aerial view):
1978
1978 + key
|
Newington
©
|
Echo Bank, Newington: 1852 |
Portobello
© |
1890 1917 |
Tanfield
© |
Aerial View: 1937 |
Trinity
Aerial Views - 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
© |
zoom-in:
1914
1932
zoom-out:
1932
1938
|
Edinburgh Boundaries
© |
1920 |
Edinburgh - Whole City
© |
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
© |
1920 |
Firth of
Forth
© |
1950s map from a Valentine Postcard |
Outline
Maps
showing Edinburgh
© |
Britain + Ireland
Europe World
|
Scotland - Railways
© |
North of
Scotland
Central + South of Scotland |
Scotland
© |
1794 1806
1830
|
Britain
and
Ireland
© |
1794 1830
1844 1877 1987 Outline
|
Europe
|
1813
2001 Outline
|
World
|
1834
2002 Outline Continents
Globe |
Aerial Views
© |
Recent
Goole images +
Some
earlier Aerial Views |
Maps on Postcards
© |
Recent Maps
Central Edinburgh (1)
Central Edinburgh (2)
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh & Borders
1725 Map
Scotland
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