Map Collection

Gent Mag 1770s
B1999.518.1778.4.1:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Plan of the intended Navigable Canal from Basingstoke to the River Wey, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, about 1777.
Published in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol.48 1778 April issue between pp.172-73.
map feature:-  not coloured & canals & scale line & parks & settlements & streets & north point
scale line:-  10 miles = 71.4 mm
inscription:-  -on- A PLAN of the intended Navigable Canal from BASINGSTOKE in the County of Southampton, to the River Wey in the County of Surry; / Surveyed in 1777.
dimension:-  wxh, map = 298x142mm
scale = 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 225398 from scale line assuming statute mile)

  Map Group -- Gent Mag 1770s -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
County of Southampton Hampshire
map name modern name
Basingstoke Basingstoke

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