Map Collection

Richardson 1789
FA1999.75:- 
Map, Map of the New Forest, Hampshire, scale about 1.5 inches to 1 mile, showing portions enclosed for Navy Timber, by Richardson, King, Abraham and William Driver, 1789, corrected by Thomas Couchman, 1849, corrected to 1867.
map feature:-  compass rose & scale line & coast form lines & rivers & bridges & woods & forests & settlements & roads & railways & mounted & sectioned for folding
inscription:-  printed -on- upper right A MAP / OF THE / NEW FOREST, / IN THE / COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, / SHEWING THE PORTIONS ENCLOSED FROM TIME TO TIME / FOR THE GROWTH OF NAVY TIMBER, / ....
scale line:-  3 miles = 99.6 mm
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 48000 ? (1 to 48474 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Richardson 1789 -- with Research Notes

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MN: 10.10.2002