Map Collection

Kitchin 1769
FA2000.42:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 1 to 450000, about 7 miles to 1 inch, from the Kitchin's Pocket Atlas, published by Thomas Kitchin, Holborn Hill, London, 1769.
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose & lat and long scales & scale line & table of symbols & sandbanks & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hillocks & woods & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & distances from London
scale line:-  12 miles = 42.6 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 23x28cm
wxh, plate = 215x240mm
wxh, map = 207x232mm
scale = 1 to 450000 ? (1 to 453336 from scale line assuming modern mile)

  Map Group -- Kitchin 1769 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christ Church Christchurch
Farham Fareham
Fordingbridge Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclere Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Alresford Alresford
Odiam Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Rumsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 4.10.2001