The large-scale plans of the Ordnance Survey are quite unique. In a clear and
attractive manner they have portrayed Scotland's towns and villages in detail
over the last 150 years. They show not just the streets but virtually every
house; the complete track layouts of railways and tramways are given; factories
and docks are all shown. These maps have become the most complete record of the
places where our ancestors lived and worked.
In 1981 Alan Godfrey started to reprint some of large scale plans, and these
proved so successful that he is now undertaking to reprint these maps, in a
convenient and affordable form, for towns throughout England, Ireland and
Scotland and Wales. Most maps in this series are taken from the 1:2,5000 (or
25") maps. However, this map of the area around Calton Hill is take from the
large 1:1,056 (or 5") plans, and is reduce to a scale of a yard to the mile. It
shows the area in exceptional detail.
The map includes an essay on the history of the area by Barbara Morris
together with a reduced version of the 1895.
This map will be of interest to local historians, school, railway enthusiasts
- and all who are interested in Dunbar and its history. For here in graphic
detail is all the fascinating minutiae that is the true life-blood of history.
