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FA1999.138.55:-
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Strip map, road map, uncoloured engraving, Road from London to Southampton,
Hampshire, in Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion, by Thomas Kitchin, published by
Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, John Bowles, Cornhill, and Carington Bowles, St
Paul's Church Yard, London, 1767.
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Pl.55 Bagshot, Surrey; across a corner of Hampshire; to Farnham, Surrey; then
Alton, New Alresford, Twyford, to Southampton, Hampshire; also from Southampton
to Romsey, Hampshire; to Salisbury, Wiltshire; scale about 2 miles to 1 inch.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & table of distances & north point
& up is destination & coast shaded & county & settlements &
roads & rivers & distances from London & relief & hillocks &
woods & parks |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The ROAD from LONDON to SOUTHAMPTON / Commencing at Bagshot in the Lands End
Road Pl.25 / ... / With a branch from Southampton to Salisbury ....
-- table of distances |
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dimension:- |
wxh, page = 23x18cm |
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wxh, plate = 212x162mm (?) |
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wxh, map = 21x15cm |
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scale = 1 to 140000 ? (estimated from marked miles as 1 to 139192 assuming
modern mile) |
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Map Group -- Kitchin 1767 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp Shire
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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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Alresford
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Alresford
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Southampton
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Southampton
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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