Map Collection

Faden 1796
FA1997.121:- 
Map, Hampshire or the County of Southampton, hand coloured engraving, Hampshire and Isle of Wight, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, one sheet divided into 4 and mounted in a book, published by William Faden, Charing Cross, London, 1796.
Reduced from the large map in six sheets by Milne, published by Faden, 1791.
Tables of information about Basingstoke Canal and Andover Canal and about Woolmer Forest and Alice Holt Forest.
map feature:-  hand coloured & sectioned (4 parts) & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & meridian (Portsmouth Royal Academy) & county & coast form lines & county & relief & woods & forests & parks & settlements & roads & rivers & canals & road distances
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom left Hampshire / or the / COUNTY of SOUTHAMPTON / Including the /ISLE OF WIGHT / Reduced from the large Map in Six Sheets / BY W. FADEN / Geographer to His Majesty, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales / Charing Cross June 4th. 1796.
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 160000 ? (approx)

  Map Group -- Faden 1796 -- with Research Notes

MN: 2.10.2001