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FA1997.6:-
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Map, road strip map and county map, two sided sheet taken from a road book,
Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd, text by John Owen, Middle Temple, London,
maps by Emanuel Bowen, 1720, published Thomas Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard,
London, about 1764.
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P.262 the road from London to Pool, listed details; and a map of the whole
county of Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 13.5 miles to 1 inch.
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The Old English Miles used by the map maker is 1.26 statute miles.
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P.261 Egremont and Cockermouth, to Carlisle, Cumberland.
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map feature:-
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county & settlements & rivers & woods & relief & hillocks
& bridges & roads & compass rose & scale line & title
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 23.7 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 14.5x20.5cm |
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wxh, plate = 122x186mm (?) |
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wxh, map (county) = 118x117mm |
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scale = 1 to 850000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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Map Group -- Bowen 1720 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp Shire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Alton
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Alton
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Andover
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bushwaltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Church
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Christchurch
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Farham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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Fordingbridge
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lemington
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiam
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Odiham
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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Stockbridg
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
