Map Collection

Rocque 1746
FA1998.209:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Hamp-Shire ie Hampshire, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by John Rocque, 1746, published in the Small British Atlas, by John Rocque, Strand, London, 1753.
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose & scale line & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hillocks & forests & parks & county & hundreds (? unnamed) & settlements & roads & road distances (?)
inscription:-  printed -on- top HAMP-SHIRE
scale line:-  10 miles = 30.4 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 35x22cm
wxh, plate = 206x168mm
wxh, map = 196x155mm
scale = 1 to 530000 ? (1 to 529389 from scale line assuming statute mile)

reference:-  Rocque, John: 1753: Small English Atlas
  Map Group -- Rocque 1746 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hamp-Shire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bush Waltham Bishops Waltham
ChristChurch Christchurch
Farnham Fareham
Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclear Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Alesford Alresford
Odiam Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Rumsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 12.7.2002