Old Map of Edinburgh in 1853 by WB Clarke and George Cox - Waverley Station, Old Town, Arthur's Seat american tidewater history that magnificent Roman frontier running

that magnificent Roman frontier running across the landscape

The result records Britain at a moment of enormous change

From the Old Port’s clustered lanes to the edges of farmland

this reproduction retains the crisp linework

a retirement present after years spent near the Mournes

Old Map of Edinburgh in 1853 by WB Clarke and George Cox - Waverley Station, Old Town, Arthur's Seat american tidewater history that magnificent Roman frontier runningThis finely detailed map of Edinburgh was drawn by WB Clarke and published by George Cox in 1853, capturing the Scottish capital at the height of the railway age. Scotland's rapidly expanding railway network was reshaping Edinburgh's geography at the time, and this rare coloured plan records the city just as its Old Town and New Town were being stitched together by iron rails and freshly laid streets, offering a fascinating snapshot of a capital in