Map Collection

Bell 1834 (?)
ACM1934.74.7:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Hampshire or Southampton, and Isle of Wight, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, perhaps by James Bell, 1834, engraved by Gray and Son, published in a General Atlas by Archibald Fullarton and Co, Glasgow, Strathclyde, 1839.
map feature:-  not coloured & north point (lines for cardinal and half cardinal directions, fleur de lys for north) & scale line (14 miles, chequered) & lat and long scales & sea shaded & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & divisions & hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements & roads & railways (just one line from London to Southampton) & canals
inscription:-  -on- bottom right HAMPSHIRE, / OR /SOUTHAMPTON.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom Pubd. by Archd. Fullarton & Co. Glasgow. / Engd. by Gray & Son.
scale line:-  14 miles = 43.6 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 520000 ? (1 to 516762 from scale line assuming modern mile)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 8.8m W (approx)

reference:-  Fullarton: 1839 (c): General Atlas
  Map Group -- Bell 1834 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Southampton 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
New Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 4.10.2001