Map Collection

Wyld 1839
B1992.177.1:- 
Railway map, uncoloured engraving, The London and Southampton Railway, scale about 1 to 260000, about 4 miles to 1 inch, published by James Wyld, London, 1839.
Included in a guide book, The London and Southampton Railway Guide; opposite title page.
Using more modern station names for the stations that are marked on the map, the line runs from London - Nine Elms or Vauxhall Station; through Clapham Junction, Wimbledon, Surbiton, Esher, Walton, Weybridge, Woking, Surrey; Farnborough, Winchfield or Hook, Basingstoke, Micheldever, Winchester, the junction at Eastleigh for the branch to Gosport, to Southampton, Hampshire.
map feature:-  not coloured & north point & scale line & up is NW & coast form lines & rivers & woods & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals & gradient diagram
inscription:-  printed -on- upper right THE / LONDON / and / SOUTHAMPTON / RAILWAY / 1839
scale line:-  6 miles = 37.6 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 54x17.5cm
wxh, map = 514x151mm
scale = 1 to 260000 ? (1 to 256810 from scale line)

  Map Group -- Wyld 1839 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 25.2.2002