Map Collection

Rowe 1816
FA1997.108:- 
Map, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, by Robert Rowe, 1816, published by Henry G Teesdale and Co, 302 Holborn, London, about 1830.
inscription:-  printed -on- title HAMPSHIRE
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom centre London, Published by Henry Teesdale & Co 302, Holborn
map feature:-  compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & table of hundreds & county & hundreds & relief & roads & turnpike roads & post roads & parks & forests & road distances & rivers & beacons & electoral data & canals
scale line:-  10 miles = 57.7 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 37x47.5cm
wxh, plate = 367x436mm
wxh, map = 342x414mm
scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 278916 from scale line assuming statute mile)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 17.1m W (approx)

  Map Group -- Rowe 1816 -- 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: 17.3.2003