Map Collection

Harrison 1788
FA1996.34:- 
Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of Hampshire, county map, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, drawn by Haywood, engraved by Sudlow, published by John Harrison, 115 Newgate Street, London, 16 December 1788.
map feature:-  hand coloured & title cartouche & scale line & lat and long grid (oblique) & coast form lines & rivers & bridges & relief & hillocks & beacons & woods & forests & county & hundreds & table of hundreds & settlements & market days & roads
scale line:-  12 miles = 64.9 mm
inscription:-  printed -on- map A / MAP / OF / HAMPSHIRE / ENGRAVED FROM AN ACTUAL SURVEY / with Improvements.
inscription:-  printed -on- map, bottom left Haywood Del
inscription:-  printed -on- map, bottom centre Engraved for J. Harrison, 115, Newgate Street, as the Act directs, Decr. 16, 1788.
inscription:-  printed -on- map, bottom right Sudlow Sculp.
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 51.5x38.5cm
wxh, plate = 477x344mm
wxh, map = 459x329mm
scale = 1 to 300000 ? (1 to 297567 from scale line assuming statute mile)
scale = 1 to 370000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 14.3m W (approx)

reference:-  Norgate, Martin; Norgate, Jean: 1997: Notes from Harrison's Map of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 160 1
  Map Group -- Harrison 1788 -- 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
Clear
Kingsclere
Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Rumsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 4.10.2001