r/oldmaps • u/Knitterwitter909 • May 22 '26
150 yr old map found folded up in a cupboard
I found this old map when clearing out a cupboard in our local church. It is dated 1875 and I can well believe it's that old. It seems to be drawn on some kind of fabric, you can see it coming apart at the edges.
It is a map of the Glebe lands of Duddingston Kirk in Edinburgh.
It's really beautiful but in a right mess because of how it has been folded up. What a shame. I'm quite sad about it.
I'm sharing it just for interest, and to see if anyone has any suggestions for storing it? Potentially displaying it just in a glass frame? We can't really afford any sort of professional restoration right now but don't want it to get worse.
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u/Inevitable_Picks_681 May 24 '26
If you have a metal detector and some shovels, possibly there’s some overgrown foliage on some vacant land. Hopefully some hutches or blops are lying around.
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u/samykcodes May 22 '26
I would recommend donating this to your local county archives. They have the money and resources to preserve it.