Map Collection

Bowles 1782
FA1999.121:- 
Strip map, uncoloured engraving, road map from a road book, Bowles's Post Chaise Companion, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1782.
Vol.1 p.77 part of the road from London to Chichester, from Guildford via Godalming, Surrey, and Midhurst to Chichester, West Sussex.
Vol.1 p.78 from Midhurst, West Sussex, via Petersfield, Bramdean to Winchester, Hampshire.
Scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch.
map feature:-  not coloured & title cartouche & north point & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & trees & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London & distances from start & streets & windmills & water mills
dimension:-  wxh = 167x156mm
wxh = 162x138mm
scale = 1 to 170000 ? (estimated from marked miles as 1 to 169567 assuming modern mile)

reference:-  Bowles, Carington: 1782: Post Chaise Companion: (London)
  Map Group -- Bowles 1782 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hamp Sh. Hampshire
map name modern name
Petersfield Petersfield
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 4.10.2001