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Road map features
Senex's Hampshire 1719-57 |
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title cartouche: The beginning of each route has a title
in a plain box, the sides curved to fit within the scrolls of
the route maps. Only the first plate of a long road has a
title cartouche giving the name of the road. (eg: pl.25)
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north point: Each scroll has a north point to gives its orientation.
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scale: The strip maps have no stated scale; roads are marked
at 1 mile intervals. A scale can be estimated; about:-
1 to 140000
2-2.5 miles to 1 inch
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coast shaded: The coast line, where it appears, at
Southampton for example, is emphasised by shading (eg pl.54 mile 0).
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rivers: are shown by a wiggly line, somtimes with
the river name. Senex's explanation:-
Brooks, Rivers, Hills and Woods, are described by the common
Characters used for them in Maps.
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bridges: A bridge is shown by the river interrupting the
road; eg pl.52 mile 82 over the River Blackwater 3 miles SW of Romsey.
Oux bridge
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ponds: A pond might be shown, with shading. (eg pl.52 mile 77)
a Pond
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hills: are indicated by lumpy hillocks.
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woods & forests: Trees are drawn in groups to indicate
woods or forests (eg pl.54 mile 52); they do not seem to have been
used randomly as decoration. A wood or forest might be named.
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trees: A lone tree might be drawn and named, for example on the
road from Southampton to Romsey at about the halfway point
(pl.54 mile 4):-
Halfway Oak
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parks: are shown by a ring of fence, for example
outside Whitchurch, Hampshire (pl.25 mile 60).
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county: County boundaries are shown by a dotted line,
with annotation, for example, from Surrey, (pl.54 mile 43):-
reenter Hamp sh.
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The county name is printed vertically along the side of each
scroll (eg pl.30 mile 48). Senex says:
The Name of the Countrey you travel
in is every where engraved along the
Side of the Scrole.
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settlements: Settlements on the route are drawn by groups
of blocks indicating the size of the place and perhaps giving some
idea of street layout.
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roads: Roads are the main element of these maps. The
road distance from London is given each mile.
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miscellaneous: John Senex's strip maps show incidental
features beside the road, what the tourist might or should
notice, perhaps. There are: windmills, paper mills, ancient
monuments, schools, posts, crosses, fortifications, chapels,
etc.
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