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FA2000.54:-
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Strip map, uncoloured engraving, road map from a road book, Bowles's Post
Chaise Companion, by Carington Bowles, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1782.
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Vol.2 p.167/168 - the road from Oxford to Chichester, from Oxford, Oxfordshire;
to Abingdon and Newbury, Berkshire; then Kingsclere, Basingstoke, Alton and
Petersfield, Hampshire; to Chichester, West Sussex.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & north point & rivers & relief
& hill hachuring & woods & trees & parks & county &
settlements & roads & road distances & distances from London &
streets & mills & windmills |
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dimension:- |
wxh = 17x16cm |
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wxh = 160x137mm |
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wxh, map = 148x136mm |
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scale = 1 to 180000 ? (estimated from marked miles as 1 to 178533 assuming
modern mile) |
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reference:- |
Bowles, Carington: 1782: Post Chaise Companion: (London) |
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Map Group -- Bowles 1782 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hamp Shire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Kingsclere
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Kingsclere
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Alton
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Alton
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Petersfield
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Petersfield
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