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Edinburgh
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1575 Castle and C
ity Walls
1460, 1544, 1582,
1649,
1670, 1830, 1844, 1860, 1870,
1923, 1925, 1940, 1955
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Edinburgh
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Aerial Views
©
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1868
engraving
2001
2003
2006
Comparison 1844,
1925, 2001
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Edinburgh
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Pictorial Map
©
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1954
showing Bruce Peebles
works
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Edinburgh Districts
including Edinburgh N, S, E, W
©
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SMALL and LARGE:
1870
1912
1915
1925
1940
1955
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Edinburgh Districts
including Edinburgh N, S, E, W
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MAPS and
AERIAL VIEWS:
Comparison 1844,
1925, 2001
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Edinburgh
and
Leith
Chronological Map - 1919
©
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SMALL:
Edinburgh
Leith
LARGE:
Edinburgh
West
Central
East
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Edinburgh
Districts
Maps AND Aerial Photos
©
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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
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Edinburgh
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Central
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1830 1840
1850 1860 1870 1917 2001
1840 map - snack bars today
World
War II
- Air Raid Shelters
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Edinburgh
Castle to Calton Hill
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1830 1840 1848 1865
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Edinburgh
- Old
Town
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Old Town - 1575
Dumbiedykes
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1820
1821
1868
Fire in
the Old Town
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1891 -
Edinburgh Old Town
and zooming-in on:
Dumbiedykes
Edinburgh Gas Works
Royal Mile (E)
Royal Mile (W)
St Leonard's
South Side
Waverley
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Edinburgh
- Old
Town sketches
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Arthur Street, Nos 15-21
1940
Arthur Street water tank
1940 Cowgate School, Church, Water Tank
c.
1950
Cowgate Schools and Church
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Royal
Mile Closes
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1817 1830 1928
1979
1979
early C20
- large
early C20
- small
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Foot of Canongate - mid-C18
Top of Canongate - mid-C18
Fleshmarket Close - 1876-77
Fleshmarket Close - 18
93-94
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Edinburgh
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Princes Street
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Views
Hotels - 1915
The
route to EPS
Photographic Studios
Princes
Street Studios 1860-1900
Princes Street Studios: 1900: Nos 26-46
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Edinburgh
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New Town
©
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Kirkwood's map - 1817
Sections of the Map
Index: Streets and Buildings
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Edinburgh
- New
Town and surrounding area - sketches
©
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c
.1950 East
Thomas Street
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Edinburgh
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Waverley
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1817 1830 1844 1858
1860 1917 2001
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Edinburgh
-
Dumbiedykes
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c.
1820
c.
1821
1868
Cowgate and
Pleasance
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Edinburgh
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Lawnmarket
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Lawnmarket
- for comparison with 1970s photo
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Edinburgh
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Detail
from large-scale maps
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Freer Street, Fountainbridge, 1894
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Bedford Street, Stockbridge, 1894
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Edinburgh
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Who lived
where?
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Murrayfield, Baird Avenue
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Who lived where, c.1930?
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Who lived where, c.1930?
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2012 update
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Edinburgh
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EPS
Meeting Halls
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SMALL:
EPS
LARGE:
EPS
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Edinburgh
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Housing
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Map extracts:
Hutments
(1920-21): Albert Street
Hutments (1920-21): Meadowbank
Plan on Drainage Report
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Hutments (1920-21): Meadowbank
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Edinburgh
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Royal Botanic Garden
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1925
- OS Map - District Map
1870 - Garden Map
1909 - Garden Map
1970 - Garden Map
2012 - Garden Map
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Edinburgh
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Time Gun
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1861 - map divided
into 6 large sections
1861 - map divided
into 24 small sections
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Edinburgh
& Leith
- Transport
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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
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Edinburgh
- Princes
Street
Photographic Studios
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1850s-1860s
1865
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Edinburgh
- Waterfront
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2001 Aerial
Photos
Forthquarter Park
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Firth of Forth
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1907 Map
2009 Competition Entry
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Forthside
Leith Western Harbour
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Leith
Western Harbour
Granton Western Harbour
Port of Leith
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Edinburgh
and
Leith
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1812 1835
1840 1860 1870 1917 1925
2001
1884
+ zoom in to read street names
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Edinburgh
and
Leith
with Links to Pictures
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1829 -
Shepherd
1850s - Begbie
1950s - Evening
News
2000s - My
Photos
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Calder - streets of pre-fab houses
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Fountainbridge
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Showing the location of the 'XL Bar'
1940s
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Gilmerton
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Gilmerton House (later, Gilmour
House)
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1843-1893 County
Series
1891-1912 County Series
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Granton
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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
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Lauriston
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Lauriston
Castle
Notice Board c.2000
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Leith
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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
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Murrayfield
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Ravelston Dykes Road (re-alignment)
1826
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Newhaven
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1840 1860
1870 1917 2001
Newhaven (aerial view):
1978
1978 + key
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New
ington
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Echo Bank, Newington:
1852
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Portobello
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1890 1917
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Tanfield
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Aerial View: 1937
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Trinity
Aerial Views - 1947
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SMALL + KEY:
Trinity
NW Trinity
NE Trinity
Wardie
LARGE:
Trinity
NW Trinity
NE Trinity
Wardie
SMALL:
with sketch of Lochinvar Camp (c.1940) added
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The Wisp
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zoom-in:
1914
1932
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oom-out:
1932
1938
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Edinburgh Boundaries
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1920
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Edinburgh - Whole City
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SMALL:
1925
1925
(+ proposed 2010 tramline
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LARGE:
1925
1925
(very
large)
1925
(+ proposed 2010 tramline)
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Around Edinburgh
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1884 - Cramond to
Portobello
1884 - Queensferry
to Musselburgh
1884 -
Edinburghshire
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Dalmeny Estate
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1920
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Firth of
Forth
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1950s map from a Valentine Postcard
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Outline
Maps
showing Edinburgh
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Britain + Ireland
Europe World
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Scotland - Railways
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North of
Scotland
Central + South of Scotland
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Scotland
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1794 1806
1830
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Britain
and
Ireland
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1794 1830
1844 1877 1987 Outline
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Europe
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1813
2001 Outline
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World
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1834
2002 Outline Continents
Globe
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Aerial Views
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Recent
Goole images
+
Some
earlier Aerial Views
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Maps on Postcards
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Recent Maps
Central Edinburgh (1)
Central Edinburgh (2)
Firth of Forth
Edinburgh & Borders
1725 Map
Scotland
SE Scotland
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