Map Collection

CRH1956.60:- 
Atlas, The Survey Atlas of England and Wales, editor John Bartholomew, published under the patronage of the Royal Geographical Society, by The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, Edinburgh, Lothian, 1903.
There are general maps of the British Isles, relief, vegetation, geology, rainfall, temperature, railways, population, religious and electoral, etc; a set of topographical maps of the whole country at scale 1 to 126720, 2 miles to 1 inch; plans of London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Hull, Bradford, Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Birmingham, Leicester, Bristol, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Brighton; and descriptive text.
Plates relevant to Hampshire and the Christchurch area, Dorset, are - 63, 64, 71, 72.
Pl.63 includes Aldershot, Odiham, Basingstoke, Alton, New Alresford, Petersfield, in Hampshire.
Pl.64 includes Kingsclere, Whitchurch, Andover, Stockbridge, Romsey, Winchester, in Hampshire.
Pl.71 includes Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Romsey, Southampton, Eastleigh, Portsmouth, Gosport, Fareham, Bishops Waltham, Lymington, in Hampshire; and Christchurch area of Dorset; also the Isle of Wight.
Pl.72 includes Portsmouth, Havant, Petersfield in Hampshire.
inscription:-  printed -on- title page THE / SURVEY ATLAS OF / ENGLAND & WALES / A SERIES OF EIGHTY-FOUR PLATES OF MAPS AND PLANS, WITH DESCRIPTIVE / TEXT, ILLUSTRATING THE TOPOGRAPHY, PHYSIOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, / CLIMATE, AND THE POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL / FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY / DESIGNED BY AND PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF / J. G. BARTHOLOMEW, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S. / ... / DRAWN, ENGRAVED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT / The Edinburgh Geographical Institute / UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF / THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY / 1903
inscription:-  -on- spine ATLAS / OF / ENGLAND / AND / WALES / BARTHOLOMEW
dimension:-  wxh = 33.5x46cm
scale (topographical maps) = 1 to 126720 ? (nominal)

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