Map Collection

Wyld 1839
FA1999.71.1:- 
Railway map, London and Southampton Railway, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by James Wyld, Charing Cross East, London, 1839.
With a section showing elevation and gradients.
London; via Woking, Surrey; Farnborough, Rushmoor, then Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton, Hampshire; the branch from near Eastleigh towards Gosport is shown.
map feature:-  north point & scale line & coast form lines & rivers & relief (not on map, railway gradient diagram) & woods & forests & parks & race courses & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- upper right THE / LONDON / and / SOUTHAMPTON / RAILWAY / 1839
scale line:-  6 miles = 37.5 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 260000 ? (1 to 257495 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Wyld 1839 -- with Research Notes

MN: 25.2.2002