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This dataset contains a selection of traced boundaries relating to Edinburgh, including the boundaries of landownership (1804-1817), Police Wards (1822-1848), Sanitary Districts (1864-1880), Municipal Wards (1852-1902), and Registration Districts (1865-1902).
- Edinburgh Royalty of The City Expansion
- Chronological Map of Edinburgh
- Land-Ownership Boundaries
- Police Wards
- Sanitary Districts
- Municipal Wards
- Registration Districts
This map of 1885 by W. & A.K. Johnstonshows the expansion of the area controlled by the Edinburgh Town Council (the Royalty of the City of Edinburgh) from 1685 to 1885. The Ancient Royalty was the term for the Old Town and was the relatively small, darkly-coloured areas at the upper (western) end of the Royal Mile. The large yellow-coloured area wa...
This map of 1919 by J.G. Bartholomew uses different colours to indicate the dates of the city’s expansion: with a red tint used for ‘Old and Medieval Edinburgh’, i.e. before 1750; blue for ‘Renaissance’ i.e. neo-classical Edinburgh, 1750-1850; and brown for ‘Modern’ Edinburgh, 1850 to 1919, with shades of these colours indicating shorter periods wi...
We have traced the landownership boundaries from two early 19th century maps of Edinburgh. Whilst being of great value in showing intended improvements, Ainslie's 1804 mapalso shows land ownership at the beginning of the 19th century. The top five landowners in 1804 were the earl of Haddington (514 acres), James Rocheid of Inverleith (352 acres), B...
The Police Commission was first established by the 1805 Police Act with six electoral wards in Edinburgh. The number and arrangement of wards was revised by subsequent Police Acts in 1812 (26 wards), 1822 (30 wards), and 1832 (32 wards). Police Commissioners had wide-ranging powers relating to law and order as well as public health, with responsibi...
In 1863-4, Henry D. Littlejohn, Medical Officer of Health for Edinburgh (1864-1908), created 19 Sanitary Districts as an improved basis for understanding the mortality and morbidity of the city. This spatial framework and its boundaries accorded closely with contemporary understandings of the social and cultural topography of Edinburgh. There are f...
The Police Commissioners and Town Council were merged in 1856, and the municipal boundary was extended to coincide with the parliamentary boundary. Municipal Wards defined the catchment areas for electoral purposes, including elections to the Town Council, as well as for Parliament. Municipal Wards were revised at regular times over the following h...
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1854 provided for the division of Scotland into registration districts. Registrars were appointed in each district to maintain the registers of births, deaths and marriages. Two copies of each register were kept, one held locally and the duplicate being sent to the Registrar General fo...
Feb 21, 2017 · Edinburgh Municipal Ward Boundaries from 1882- Drawn as part of the Visualising Urban Geographies project - view other versions of the map at: http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/resources_boundaries.html The data is in British National Grid. GIS vector data.
Changes. 1685 - 1885 1882 Y Y N Johnston Vol. - Plans of Edinburgh 1879 to 1895 - Map 7. Plan of Edinburgh and Leith with Suburbs constructed from Ordnance and Actual Survey constructed for the Post Office Directory 1882 Col. map showing wards. Wards clearly coloured and numbered with wards named in key on map. EMS.b.3.3.2 (1- In Volume. Not ...
Edinburgh Municipal Ward Boundaries from 1885 Drawn as part of the Visualising Urban Geographies project - view other versions of the map at: http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/resources_boundaries.html The data is in British National Grid.
This viewer shows a selection of traced boundaries relating to Edinburgh, including the boundaries of landownership (1804-1817), Police Wards (1822-1848), Sanitary Districts (1864-1880), Municipal Wards (1852-1902), and Registration Districts (1865-1902).
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This detail map of the Old Town in Edinburgh amalgamates features from the 1861, 1877 and 1885 maps of the city – many of the streets and places shown here no longer exist. The New Town is above the railway (see the Edinburgh District map).
