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Greenwood 1826

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FA1965.589:- 
Map, hand coloured steel plate engraving, Map of the County of Southampton, ie Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 1 mile to 1 inch, by C and J Greenwood and Nathaniel L Kentish, published by Greenwood, Pringle and Co, Regent Street, Pall Mall, London, 1826.
The map has a vignette view of Winchester Cathedral.
The map covers 0d41m to 1d58m W, 50d32m to 51d24m N; Winchester is at 1 degree 18 1/4 minutes West which agrees near enough with the statement on the bottom border that the scale is 'Longitude West from Greenwich'.
The map is six sheets sectioned for folding and mounted together making one large map, its slip case is an elegant mock tooled leather bound book.
For study purposes, not on the original, sectionned pieces of the map are numbered 1..9,A across, 1..6 upwards, from the bottom left, which is part 11.
map feature:-  hand coloured & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded & slip case & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular?) & coast form lines & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & trees & parks & county & hundreds & parishes & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & canals & mills & turnpike gates & table of symbols & vignettes
inscription:-  -on- top left MAP / OF / the COUNTY of / SOUTHAMPTON / from an Actual Survey / Made in the Years 1825 & 1826. / BY C. & J. GREENWOOD, / AND N. L. KENTISH. / Most Respectfully Dedicated / TO THE / Nobility, Clergy & Gentry / OF / HAMPSHIRE, / BY THE PROPRIETORS / GREENWOOD, PRINGLE & Co. / Regent St. Pall Mall / London. / PUBLISHED / JUNE 15th. / 1826. -- title
inscription:-  embossed -on- slip case spine GREENWOOD'S / MAP OF / HAMPSHIRE
scale line:-  7+1 miles = 198.9 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 73x52cm (each of the six original sheets)
wxh, mounted map = 149x158.5cm
wxh, map = 1456x1567mm (no allowance for gaps in mounting)
scale = 1 to 65000 ? (1 to 64730 from scale line)
scale = 1 to 64000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe)
scale = 1 to 64000 ? (7 minutes latitude = 202.1 mm is 1 to 64261)

  Map Group -- Greenwood 1826 -- with Research Notes

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town names:- 
County of Southampton Hampshire
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Christ Church Christchurch
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Ringwood Ringwood
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Lymington Lymington
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Romsey Romsey
Stockbridge Stockbridge
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Andover Andover
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Southampton Southampton
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Whitchurch Whitchurch
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Winchester Winchester
town names:- 
County of Southampton Hampshire
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Kingsclere Kingsclere
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Gosport Gosport
Portsmouth Portsmouth
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Fareham Fareham
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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New Alresford Alresford
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County of Southampton Hampshire
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Basingstoke Basingstoke
town names:- 
County of Southampton Hampshire
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Havant Havant
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Petersfield Petersfield
town names:- 
County of Southampton Hampshire
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Alton Alton
Odiham Odiham

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MN: 30.1.2004