Scottish History
Maps from the National Library of Scotland
The National library of Scotland's map collection is one of the ten largest in the world. Here are some old maps of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Wick that provide a fascinating insight in to how our towns looked over 150 years ago.
Wick
An ordnance survey map of Wick from 1872. Made to an unusually detailed scale, one inch on the map corresponds to 500 inches on the ground. Because of its large scale, features within some buildings are also visible.
Edinburgh
This map, with a scale of 15 inches to one mile published by Bartholomew in 1891. It shows considerable detail of industries and transport links that are no longer there, including tramlines and suburban railway lines.
Glasgow
Glasgow is situated on the River Clyde, fourteen miles from the river mouth, in what was Lanarkshire at the time of the survey.