Map Collection

Pigot 1828
FA1999.64:- 
Map, hand coloured steel plate engraving, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Pigot and Co, 17 Basing Lane, London and 18 Fountain Street, Manchester, 1828, edition about 1840.
Vignette of Winchester Cathedral.
inscription:-  printed -on- HAMPSHIRE -- title
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom Published by Pigot & Co. 17 Basing Lane, London & 18 Fountain St. Manchester. / Engraved on Steel by Pigot & Son Manchester
map feature:-  hand coloured & compass rose & scale line & lat and long scales & table of hundreds & table of symbols & county & hundreds & roads & turnpike roads & post roads & railways & rivers & canals & distances from London & electoral data & forests & parks & coast form lines & harbours & vignettes
scale line:-  10 miles = 42.5 mm
dimension:-  wxh, plate = 25x38cm
scale = 1 to 380000 ? (1 to 378669 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Pigot 1828 -- with Research Notes

MN: 7.1.2002