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Map Collection
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FA1998.148:-
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Map, engraving, Map of the Town of Basingstoke, Hampshire, scale about 40
inches to 1 mile, published by Robert A Davis, 1851.
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Besides the expected features including a list of prominent buildings etc, the
map particularly shows the routes of gas mains, and has been annotated to show
the position of street lamps.
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There are inset vignettes of the Holy Ghost Chapel and St Michael's Church.
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map feature:-
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sectioned for folding & folded & mounted & slip case & not
coloured & compass rose & scale line & vignettes & settlements
& roads & streets & railways & canals & rivers & woods
& table of data (sites) |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top left
MAP / OF THE TOWN OF / BASINGSTOKE / IN THE COUNTY OF / SOUTHAMPTON / FROM
AN ACTUAL SURVEY / BY / ROBERT ARCHER DAVIS / LAND SURVEYOR ENGINEER & VALUER /
1851.
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scale line:-
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16 chains = 204.8 mm |
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dimension:- |
scale = 1 to 1600 ? (1 to 1572 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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| MN: 27.3.1998 |