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FA1999.137:-
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Road map, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, London to Gosport, Southampton, etc,
Hampshire and Salisbury, etc, Wiltshire on the way to Lands End, from a road
book by Laurie and Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1806, edition of 1815.
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Pl.5 London; Kingston on Thames, Surrey; Brentford, Staines, Middlesex; Farnham,
Surrey; Alton, New Alresford, Fareham, Gosport, Bishops Waltham, Winchester,
Southampton, Lymington, Romsey, Ringwood, Stockbridge, Ringwood, Fordingbridge,
Basingstoke, Odiham, Kingsclere, Whitchurch, Andover, Hampshire; Salisbury,
market Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire; Christchurch, Dorset; etc.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top of map
Commencement of the Road to the Lands End as far as Salisbury with Roads to
Gosport, Southampton, Lymington, Christchurch, Winchester, Ringwood,
E.Lavington, and Devizes.
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scale line:-
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20 miles = 63.9 mm |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom of map
ROADS MEASURED FROM HYDE PARK CORNER
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inscription:- |
printed -on- below map
Published 12th. Feby. 1806, by LAURIE & WHITTLE, No. 53, Fleet Street,
London / A New Edition, 1815.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom right
B. Smith sc.
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map feature:-
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north point & scale line & roads & rivers & settlements &
road distances & county |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 26.5x32.5cm |
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wxh, map = 253x306mm |
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scale = 1 to 500000 ? (1 to 502707 from scale line assuming statute mile) |
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Map Group -- Laurie and Whittle 1806 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hampshire
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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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Christ Church
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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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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Lymington
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiham
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Odiham
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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 |
