Map Collection

Darton 1830s
FA1997.106:- 
Map, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, published by William Darton and Son, Holborn Hill, London, about 1832.
scale line:-  10 miles = 55.5 mm
inscription:-  printed -on- HAMPSHIRE, / Divided into Hundreds / AND THE / Parliamentary Divisions -- title
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom LONDON: WILLIAM DARTON & SON: HOLBORN HILL.
map feature:-  hand coloured & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & table of hundreds & table of data (market days) & electoral data & county & hundreds & market days & relief & hillocks & beacons & parks & forests & roads & post roads & canals & rivers & distances from London & road distances & harbours & settlements
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 38x48cm
wxh, plate = 370x450mm
wxh, map = 349x435mm
scale = 1 to 290000 ? (1 to 289972 from scale line assuming statute mile)
scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 deg lat = 396.5mm is 1 to 280752)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 17.1m W (approx)

  Map Group -- Darton 1830s -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christchurch 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: 4.10.2001