Map Collection

Fisher 1845
FA1999.112:- 
Map, coloured engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, drawn and engraved by F P Becker and Co, published by in Fisher's County Atlas of England and Wales, by Fisher, Son and Co, Caxton Press, Angel Street, London, 1845.
Engraved on steel with the Omnigraph.
map feature:-  lat and long scales (rectangular) & scale line & harbours & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & electoral data (? divisions and tables of data) & settlements & roads & railways & canals
scale line:-  12 miles = 56.2 mm
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left HAMPSHIRE
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom Drawn by F. P. Becker & Co. 12, Paternoster Row / Engraved on Steel by the Omnigraph F. P. Becker & Co. Patentees / FISHER, SON, & Co. LONDON & PARIS.
dimension:-  scale = 1 to 340000 ? (1 to 343632 from scale line assuming statute mile)
wxh, map = 269x342mm
wxh, sheet = 28.5x37cm
longitude, Winchester = 1d 18.6m W (approx)

  Map Group -- Fisher 1845 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire 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
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: 4.10.2001