Map Collection

B1990.161.6:- 
Map, Half Inch Contoured Map, sheet 4 Dorset, scale 2 miles to 1 inch, published by John Bartholomew and Son, The Geographical Institute, Duncan Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, 1948.
Includes most of Dorset, with parts of Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon, and a tiny corner of Hampshire.
map feature:-  north point (with magnetic declination) & scale line & lat and long grid & relief & contours & layer colouring & rivers & woods & forests & settlements & roads & railways
inscription:-  printed -on- cover FOUR SHILLINGS NET / BY APPOINTMENT TO THE LATE KING GEORGE V. / BARTHOLOMEW'S / REVISED 'HALF INCH' / CONTOURED / MAPS / PUBLISHED AT THE EDINBURGH / GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE BY / JOHN BARTHOLOMEW & SON LTD / GREAT BRITAIN, SHEET 4 / DORSET / MOUNTED ON CLOTH -- coat of arms
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 126720 ? (nominal)

MN: 5.3.1998