Bowen's Road Maps in Hampshire, 1720 onwards

	Old Hampshire Mapped

	Introduction Bowen's Hampshire 1720
	These notes are made from a copies of Bowen's and Owen's road maps which show routes in Hampshire, published from 1720 onwards. The maps are derived from Ogilby's maps of 1675. Part of Bowen's motivation in reproducing the road book was to make it more practical for the traveller to use, make it a size that would fit the pocket. The maps used are in the collection of Hampshire County Council Museums Service. This study concentrates upon what can be seen from the maps; studies of the background of mapping in England, and map makers have been published elsewhere. A facsimile of the road book has been published:- Bowen, Emanuel: 1970 (reprint) & 1720: Britannia Depicta; Ogilby Improved: Graham, Frank (6 Queen Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear)(reprint):: ISBN 0 900409 39 8; Dewey 942.071 The following pages include material relevant to Hampshire:-
p.iv	coat of arms and text, Bishoprick of Winchester
p.60	part of the Road from London to the Lands End on pages 59-67 0 - 33.5 miles London, Kensington; Brentford, Hounslow, Middlesex; Egham, Bagshot, Surrey, to Hampshire border at Blackwater River coat of arms and text for Whitchurch coat of arms and text for Shaftesbury text for Staines
p.61	33.5 to 66.5 miles continues to Hartley Row, Hook, Newnham, Basingstoke, Wootton St Lawrence, Whitchurch, Hurstbourne, Andover, Hampshire coat of arms and text for Honiton text for Basingstoke
p.62	66 to 99.5 miles Andover, Middle Wallop, Hampshire; Salisbury, White Sheet Hill, Wiltshire coat of arms and text for Milbourn Port coat of arms and text for Ashburton
p.73	Road from London to Portsmouth 36.5 to 73 miles part of Surrey; Liphook, Hampshire; part of West Sussex; Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire coat of arms and text for Portsmouth text for Portsea Island coat of arms and text for Francis North
p.78	part of Road from London to Barnstable, etc 66 to 104 miles Andover, Monxton, Hampshire; Amesbury, Shrewton, Warminster, Wiltshire coat of arms and text for Andover text for Warminster text for Amesbury text for maiden Bradley
p.96	part of Road from London to Chichester 30.5 to 63.5 miles Guildford, Godalming, Surrey; Midhurst, Chichester, West Sussex coat of arms and text for Bishoprick of Chichester coat of arms and text for Petersfield coat of arms and text for Anthony Brown of Cowdrey Place text for Midhurst
p.97	branch route 0 to 29 miles Midhurst, West Sussex; Petersfield, Winchester, Hampshire coat of arms for Winchester coat of arms for Deanery of Winchester coat of arms for Charles paulet, Marquis of Winchester
p.129	part of Road from London to Southampton 29.5 to 61.5 miles Bagshot, Frimley, Surrey; part of Hampshire, Farnham Heath; Farnham, Surrey; Bentley, Alton. New Alresford, Hampshire text for Farnham text for Alton part of text for Southampton coat of arms and text for James Cecil, Earl of Salisbury
p.130	62 to 79 miles continues to Southampton, Hampshire AND branch route 0 to 25.5 miles Southampton, Romsey, Hampshire; Whiteparish, Salisbury, Wiltshire coat of arms and text for Southampton text for New Alresford coat of arms and text for Charles Fitzroy, Duke of Cleveland coat of arms and text for Southampton
p.135	part of Road from london to Weymouth, Dorset 50 to 85.5 miles Basingstoke, Sutton, Stockbridge, Broughton, East Dean, Hampshire; part of Wiltshire coat of arms and text for Stockbridge text for Blandford text for Isle of Portland
p.216	part of Road from Oxford to Chichester 0 to 35.5 miles Oxford, Oxfordshire; Abingdon, east Ilsley, Newbury, Berkshire; Kingsclere, Hampshire coat of arms and text for Bishoprick of Chester (!) text for Ilsley text for Donnington Castle
p.217	35.5 to 81 miles Basingstoke, Alton, Petersfield, Hampshire; Chichester, West Sussex coat of arms and text for Chichester text for Alton text for Vale of the White Horse
p.223	part of the Road from Oxford to Salisbury North Tidworth, EWiltshire; tiny gusset of Hampshire; Salisbury, Wiltshire; Cranborn, Wimbourne Minster, Poole, Dorset coat of arms and text for Poole coat of arms and text for Wimborne St Giles text for Wantage text for Winterbourne
p.262	Road from London to Poole introduction Map of Hampshire
p.263	branch route 60 to 97 miles New Alresford, Winchester, Romsey, Malwood Castle, Ringwood, Hampshire coat of arms and text for Lymington text for Romsey text for Malwood Castle text for Ringwood
p.264	branch routes 98 to 110.5 miles part of Hampshire; Knaston, Poole, Dorset 0 to 22 miles Poole, Christchurch, Dorset; Lymington, Hampshire 0 to 12 miles Southampton, Winchester, Hampshire coat of arms of Christchurch coat of arms of Deanery of Christchurch text for New Forest

Collection	Hampshire CC Museum Service holdings as at 31.1.1999 Remember that pages are in pairs, back to back. The corresponding Ogilby plate is indicated.
preface	item HMCMS:FA1998.18	n/a
p.60	item HMCMS:FA1999.6	Ogilby plate 25
p.61/62	item HMCMS:FA1996.35	Ogilby plate 25; Ogilby plate 26
p.73	item HMCMS:FA1999.7	Ogilby plate 30
p.78	item HMCMS:FA1996.36	Ogilby plate 32
p.96	item HMCMS:FA1999.8	n/a
p.97	item HMCMS:FA1999.9	Ogilby plate 39
p.129/130	item HMCMS:FA1996.37	Ogilby plate 51
p.135	item HMCMS:FA1996.38	Ogilby plate 53
p.216	item HMCMS:FA1999.10	Ogilby plate 81
p.217	item HMCMS:FA1999.11	Ogilby plate 81
p.223	item HMCMS:FA1999.12	Ogilby plate 83
p.262	item HMCMS:FA1997.6	n/a
p.263/264	item HMCMS:FA1997.96	Ogilby plate 97

Bowen and Owen

Emanuel Bowen was an engraver and print seller, working in London, 1720s-60s. Among many maps he engraved the plates for:-

Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd; being a Correct Copy of Mr. Ogilby's Actual Survey of all ye Direct & Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales ...

first published 1720 and published in different editions to 1764.

References

Box, E G: 1932=1935: Hampshire in Early Maps and early Roadbooks: Hampshire Field Club: XII: pp221-235

Hodgkiss, A G: 1981 (4th edn): Discovering Antique maps: Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire):: ISBN 0 85263 581 8; an inexpensive and approachable introduction to old maps

Penfold, Alastair J: 1994: Introduction to the printed Maps of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service

	Bowen's Hampshire 1720, contents
	General index
	Old Hampshire Mapped

Old Hampshire Mapped

Introduction