Map Features & Town Names

town names  
button to town names tabulation
Hampshire town names tabulated

title, orientation, scale, etc

title  
button to map feature summary
How the maps' titles are given, cartouches, etc.

orientation  
button to map feature summary
How the orientation of the map is shown, and what way is up on the page.

scale line  
button to map feature summary
How the map scale is given, how the scale can be worked out, and the Old English Mile.

lat and long scales  
button to map feature summary
How latitude and longitude are shown on the map, and where the prime meridian lies.

index grid  
button to map feature summary
The provision of an index grid on the map.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: title / orientation / scale / lat and long

landscape

sea area  
button to map feature summary
How the sea area is treated.

coast line  
button to map feature summary
Treatment of the coast line on maps.

coastal defence  
button to map feature summary
What coastal castles and fortifications are shown on the maps.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: sea area / coast line / coastal defence

rivers  
button to map feature summary
How and what rivers are shown on the maps.

relief  
button to map feature summary
How relief is indicated on the maps.

beacons  
button to map feature summary
Warning beacons against invaders, part of the defences of the kingdom.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: rivers, bridges, etc / relief and beacons

woods  
button to map feature summary
How woodland is indicated, and old forests, and individual trees.

parks  
button to map feature summary
How parks are shown on the maps.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: forests, etc / parks / mills / antiquities

boundaries, administration

county  
button to map feature summary
How the county boundary is shown, county areas labelled, and perhaps coloured, etc.

hundreds  
button to map feature summary
How hundred boundaries are shown, hundreds labelled or tabulated, and perhaps coloured.

electoral data  
button to map feature summary
What electoral data is shown by the map.

settlements

city  
button to map feature summary
How a city is shown, marking and labelling.

town  
button to map feature summary
How a 'town' is shown, marking and labelling.

village  
button to map feature summary
How a 'village' is shown, marking and labelling.

hamlet  
button to map feature summary
How a 'hamlet' is shown, marking and labelling.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: city / town / village / hamlet

roads, canals, railways

roads  
button to map feature summary
What roads are shown, major and minor routes, etc.

canals  
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Canals, from the 17th century onwards.
canals  
button to map feature summary
Hampshire canals.

railways  
button to map feature summary
What railways are shown on the maps, from the 1840s onwards.
railways  
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Hampshire railways.

symbols  
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tabulation of symbols: roads / inns / canals / railways

miscellaneous

mills  
button to map feature summary
How windmills and water mills are shown.

antiquities  
button to map feature summary
Old trenches, hillforts, tumuli, henges, etc.

schools  
button to map feature summary
What schools are shown on the maps.

inns  
button to map feature summary
What notice is taken of inns, perhaps along roads.

race courses  
button to map feature summary
What race courses are shown.

salterns  
button to map feature summary
Salterns round the coast.

copperas  
button to map feature summary
Copperas works, alum works ,etc.

telegraphs  
button to map feature summary
Shutter and semaphore telegraphs, and later electric telegraphs.

crosses  
button to map feature summary
Crosses and the wayside.

posts  
button to map feature summary
Posts by the wayside.

diagram  
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Combined diagram of occurence of map features against time.


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