Map Collection

Dispatch 1863
FA2000.46:- 
Map, 2 sheet engraving plates 32 and 33, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 1 to 190000, about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Edward Weller, 1858, published in Cassell's British Atlas, by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London, 1864-67.
Originally published in parts and as an atlas by the Weekly Dispatch, 139 Fleet Street, London, 1858-63.
map feature:-  scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular) & rivers & harbours & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & electoral data & descriptive text (statistics for about 1861-62) & settlements & roads & railways & canals & fortifications & castles
inscription:-  printed -on- lower left HAMPSHIRE / (NORTH DIVISION) / BY EDWD. WELLER F.R.G.S.
inscription:-  printed -on- lower left HAMPSHIRE / (SOUTH DIVISION) / BY EDWD. WELLER F.R.G.S.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom right LONDON, PUBLISHED BY CASSELL, PETTER & GALPIN, LA BELLE SAUVAGE YARD, LUDGATE HILL, E.C.
scale line:-  10 miles = 85.4 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 49x34cm
wxh, map = 426x305mm
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 188448 from scale line)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 18.8m W (approx)

  Map Group -- Dispatch 1863 -- with Research Notes

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

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MN: 4.10.2001