Map Collection

Cary 1789
ACM1934.74.1:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, Strand, London, about 1789?
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose & lat and long scales (rectangular) & scale line & table of hundreds & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & hundreds & settlements & roads & roman roads & antiquities
scale line:-  10 miles = 82.4 mm
inscription:-  -on- upper left A / MAP / of / HAMPSHIRE / Engraved by J. Cary.
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 44.5x56cm
wxh, map = 433x520mm
scale = 1 to 200000 ? (1 to 195309 from scale line assuming statute mile)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 8.6m W (approx)

  Map Group -- Cary 1789 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christ Church Christchurch
Fareham Fareham
Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclere Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Ford Alresford
Odiam Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 17.5.2003