Edinburgh Map 1840

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Edinburgh Castle to Calton Hill

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Notes

It can be seen from the maps above that:

- between 1830 and 1840:

- George IV Bridge built.

- Victoria Street built to the east of West Bow - not yet named on the map.

- New West Approach built south of the castle - now named Johnston Terrace.

- between 1840 and 1848:

- Railway built through Princes Street Gardens.

- between 1848 and 1865 (in fact, soon after 1948):

- The second Gallery at the foot of the Mound built .

- The Mound built .

Edinburgh Castle

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All the images above are taken from the folding maps in Post Office Directories.

These maps were engraved by C Thomson (1830), W H Lizars (1840,1848), John Bartholemew (1865).

I have copied the same area of land each of these maps but some of the images are squarer than others.

- The scales on the W H Lizars maps show this area to be approx. 1.25 miles x 0.75 miles.

- The scale on the John Bartholemew map shows this area to be approx.1.50 miles x 0.75 miles.

- The C Thomson map has no scale, but the proportions are similar to the John Bartholemew map.

- The modern Ordnance Survey map shows this area to be approx.1.50 miles x 0.75 miles.