Map Collection

Dispatch 1863
FA1998.220:- 
Map, colour printed engraving, 2 sheets, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, about 1863, published 1885.
map feature:-  colour printed & scale line & lat and long scales & index grid (A..K,1..10, 5 mile squares) & rivers & harbours & relief & hill hachuring & county & woods & forests & settlements & roads & railways & canals & electoral data (parliamentary divisions)
inscription:-  printed -on- lower right HAMPSHIRE / (NORTH SHEET) / REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY / Divided into 5 miles squares / ...
scale line:-  10 miles = 85.3 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 51.5x34.5cm
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 188669 from scale line assuming modern mile)
wxh (each sheet) = 51x35cm

  Map Group -- Dispatch 1863 -- with Research Notes

MN: 7.1.2002