Historic Maps of Edinburgh

[rmolehusband]

NLS has a new mapping project on line in which historic maps of Edinburgh are georeferenced, which I think is a fancy way of saying the old maps are overlaid on contemporary Google maps.

http://geo.nls.uk/urbhist/index.html

There are currently a few maps covering Porty in the examples section.

The site is very slow at the moment, but hopefully that's down it being new and thus very busy.

[wangi]

I particularly like the historical map image btw.

It's an excerpt from the 1898 Ordnance 2nd Edition Survey One-inch to the mile map; see: http://maps.nls.uk/os/view/?sid=74488700

The National Library of Scotland now have a lot of interesting historical maps at: http://maps.nls.uk/

The NLS have just added a big batch of 2nd edition, and later, OS six-inch maps. Here are some Portobello sheets:

Edinburghshire Sheet IV.NW; 1938
Edinburghshire Sheet IV.NW; 1932
Edinburghshire Sheet IV.NW; 1913
Edinburghshire Sheet IV.NW; 1905
Edinburghshire Sheet IV.NW; 1894

Lots of change between the years as Portobello gets swallowed up by Edinburgh. And note the moving park / GC between 1894 and 1905.


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[wangi]

And the 1893-4 1:500 large scale town plan is rather nice: http://geo.nls.uk/maps/towns/portobello/openlayers.html

[Bob Jefferson]

Great find. I'm puzzled by that 1893-4 map though. Portobello seems to be way ahead in the automotive industry.