Maps

and Aerial Views

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh map  -  1860  -  zoomed out ©

1575  Castle and C ity 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 - 18 93-94

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

New ington

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

z oom-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

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- Peter Stubbs

Maps

Other web sites

Edinburgh Today

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

The Multimap site displays maps for post-code s, 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 th is 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)

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