Map Collection

Dower 1838
FA1999.97:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Hampshire or Southampton, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by I Dower, Pentonville, London, for Mudie's History of Hampshire, published for James Robbins, College Street, Winchester, by D E Gilmour, High Street, Winchester, Hampshire, 1838?
map feature:-  not coloured & scale line & lat and long scales & sea shaded & rivers & bridges & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & hundreds & table of hundreds & electoral data & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left HAMPSHIRE / OR / SOUTHAMPTON / ....
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom Drawn and Engraved for 'MUDIE'S HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE', by I. DOWER, Pentonville, London / Winchester. Published for the Proprietor, Jas. Robbins, College Street by D. E. Gilmour, Public Library, High Street.
scale line:-  8 miles = 46.7 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 36x40.5cm
wxh, map = 327x371mm
scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 275691 from scale line assuming modern mile)
scale = 1 to 270000 ? (40 mins lat = 271.7mm is 1 to 273140)

  Map Group -- Dower 1838 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Southampton Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christchurch Christchurch
Fareham Fareham
Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclere Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
New Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 9.11.2002