Map Collection

Hughes 1868
ACM1934.74.8:- 
Map, chromolithograph, Hampshire with the Isle of Wight, scale about 5.5 miles to 1 inch, by William Hughes, printed by James S Virtue and Co, London, about 1868.
map feature:-  colour printed & lat and long scales (rectangular) & scale line & rivers & relief (some) & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks ( a few) & county & electoral data (?) & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  -on- printed LONDON, J. S. VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. W. HUGHES -- bottom
scale line:-  10 miles = 45.2 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 27x36.5cm
wxh, map = 240x297mm (BUT extends beyond this frame to 27cm wide)
scale = 1 to 360000 ? (1 to 356050 from scale line assuming a modern mile)

  Map Group -- Hughes 1868 -- 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
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: 5.10.2001