Plans. Maps.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
'A Plan of the Estate of New Belses Parish of Ancrum and County of Roxburgh The Property of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunottar K.M. Surveyed by John Tait Smailholm October 1826.'
The scale is 20 inches to the mile.
Correspondence and papers concerning the claim to the baronetcy of Foveran by Arthur Forbes, 9th of Culloden.
Correspondence and papers of the artist Alfred Edward Borthwick and his family.
Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.
The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.
Interloquitur, 1805, fixing the boundaries of Chirnside Commonty; report, 1836, on a dispute with regard to the boundaries; and two plans, undated, of the Conmonty, one endorsed 'Bishop's Plan', at scales of 10 and 5 inches to the mile.
Manuscript of the English text of the `Atlas Scoticus, or Description of Scotland ancient and modern` by Sir Robert Sibbald; with maps.
Manuscript volume entitled "The Journey Rout[e] of Her Imperial Majesty from Charcoff thro' the Government of Kursk to Moscow ... By the Governments Geometrician & Land Measurer Basshiloff 1787", consisting of descriptions of the different sections of the route through Kursk with illustrative maps.
The title of the main text is on folio 2. It is followed by a 'Short Delineation' (folio 17) and a map (folio 22) of the district. It is presumably a contemporary translation of part of the route of the return journey of Catherine II from her visit to the south and the then recently acquired territories in the Crimea.
Microfilm of two Nisbet estate plans of the Ker family.
Microfilm of volume of 16 coloured plans of farms in Assynt parish, surveyed in 1774 by John Hume and planned 1775.
Papers of the 'office' of Extinction Rebellion (XR) Edinburgh.
The papers were created for an exhibition by Extinction Rebellion (XR) at Summerhall during the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and represent the group's activities and organised events during 2019 in the form of an ironic 'office'-style map, calendar, and Kanban board.
Photographs of three plans of estates on Mull.
'Plan of the Estate of Ardoch [Perthshire] The Property of William M. Stirling Esqʳ', undated.
The scale is 20 inches to the mile.
“Plan of the Road from Blackhall towards Crammond Bridge pointing out the New Proposed line of Road Survey'd by J. Ainslie 1792”.
The scale is 3520 inches to the mile.
Plans chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson, the Edinburgh civil engineers.
A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.
Record plan of the Flodden Wall of Edinburgh between Bristo Port and the Royal Scottish Museum, made in 1935, showing the portion which was demolished then for the extension to the Royal Scottish Museum.
Report by Robert Stevenson, 1829, to the heritors on the upper Forth, on the navigation of the river from Stirling to Blackdub on the Teith, together with an estimate of costs, a copy of his preliminary report of 1826, and a plan.
The conclusion of the report is that while improvements in the river are possible, it would be preferable to build a road or railway between the two points.
The plan, based on a survey by J Sherar, is at 24 inches to the mile, and includes also a section of the river and of a proposed cut.