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FA1998.300:-
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Strip map, hand coloured road map from a road book, Bowles's Post Chaise
Companion, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1782.
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Vol.2 p.103/104; part of the road from London to Southampton, from Bagshot,
Surrey, across Farnham Common, Hampshire, via Farnham, Surrey, and Alton, New
Alresford, Twyford, to Southampton, Hampshire; also from Southampton, Hampshire
via Romsey to Salisbury, Wiltshire; scale about 3 miles to 1 inch.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & north point & coast form lines
& rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & trees &
parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances &
distances from London & streets & windmills & water mills |
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dimension:- |
wxh = 167x156mm |
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wxh = 162x138mm |
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scale = 1 to 180000 ? (estimated from marked miles as 1 to 178533 assuming
modern mile) |
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reference:- |
Bowles, Carington: 1782: Post Chaise Companion: (London) |
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Map Group -- Bowles 1782 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp Shire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Alton
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Alton
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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