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FA1999.80:-
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Hampshire or the County of Southampton, with
Isle of Wight, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by J Wyld, Charing
Cross East, London, 1846.
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It is not clear who is the map maker.
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Tables of information about Basingstoke Canal and Andover Canal and about
Woolmer Forest and Alice Holt Forest.
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & mounted & sectioned for folding (3 horizontal x 6
vertical pieces) & slip case & compass rose & scale line (1+6 miles,
chequered in miles; and scale of 6000 fathoms) & time from Greenwich &
meridian (Portsmouth Royal Academy) & county & coast form lines &
county & hundreds & table of hundreds & relief & woods &
forests & parks & settlements & roads & rivers & canals
& road distances |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom left
HAMPSHIRE / or the / COUNTY of SOUTHAMPTON / Including the /ISLE OF WIGHT /
from an Actual Survey / Published by J. WYLD, Geographer to the Queen Charing
Cross East 1846.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- label on slip case
JAMES WYLD / Geographer TO HER Majesty. / HAMPSHIRE / CHARING CROSS, (EAST,)
/ 4 Doors from Trafalgar Square, / MAPS, CHARTS, GLOBES, & GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION.
-- county name on a paper slip pasted on the label |
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inscription:- |
printed -on-
SCALE of Six English MILES
-- above scale line |
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scale line:-
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6 miles = 60.6 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, slip case = 12.5x21.5cm |
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wxh, overall = 61.5x71cm |
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wxh, map (excluding gaps in mounting) = 574x667mm |
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scale = 1 to 160000 ? (1 to 159341 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 18.2m W (approx) |
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Map Group -- Wyld 1846
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town names:-
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County of Southampton
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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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Andover
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bishops Waltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christchurch
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Christchurch
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Fareham
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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Fordingbridge
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Lymington
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New Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiham
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Odiham
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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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Portsmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Romsey
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Romsey
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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| MN: 4.10.2001 |
