Map Collection

FA2000.77:- 
Road book, 3 Miles to 1 Inch Road Atlas, maps of England, Scotland and Wales, scale about 1 to 190000, 3 miles to 1 inch, plus road strip maps and street maps, by W and A K Johnston, Edinburgh, Lothian, published by Associated Newspapers, London, 1930s?
The book has a key map showing page numbers; Hampshire is covered by pages 19/20, 21/22, 37/38, 39/40, 53/54, 55/56.
The strip maps are greatly simplified. Roads through Hampshire appear on:-
P.25 London to Land's End - London; through Staines, Middlesex; Bagshot, Surrey; Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, Hampshire; Salisbury, Wiltshire; Shaftesbury, Yeovil, Somerset; Exeter, Devon; Bodmin, Redruth, Penzance to Land's End, Cornwall.
P.25 London to Land's End - London; through Reading, Newbury, Berkshire; Marlborough, Chippenham, Bath, Somerset; Bristol; Bridgwater, Minehead, Somerset; Barnstaple, Devon; Redruth, Penzance to Land's End, Cornwall.
P.25 London to Exeter - London; through Staines, Middlesex; Bagshot, Surrey; Basingstoke, Winchester, Lyndhurst, Hampshire; Christchurch, Bournemouth, Dorchester, Lyme Regis, Dorset; to Exeter, Devon.
P.26 London to Portsmouth - London; through Kingston on Thames, bypass Guildford, Surrey; Liphook, Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.
P.29 Birmingham to Bournemouth - Birmingham, West Midlands, through Worcester, Worcestershire; Tewkesbury, Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Bath, Somerset; Warminster, Salisbury, Wiltshire; Fordingbridge, Ringwood, Hampshire; to Christchurch, Dorset.
P.31 Birmingham to Southampton - Birmingham, West Midlands; through Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire; Oxford, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Newbury, berkshire; Whitchurch, Sutton Scotney, Winchester to Southampton, Hampshire.
P.34 Bristol to Brighton - Bristol; through Bath, Warminster, Wiltshire; Salisbury, Lopcombe Corner, Wiltshire; Stockbridge, Winchester, Bramdean, Petersfield, Hampshire; Midhurst, West Sussex; to Brighton, East Sussex.
inscription:-  embossed -on- cover 3 MILES to 1 INCH / ROAD ATLAS / COMPLETE WITH / MAIN TOWN PLANS
inscription:-  printed -on- title page 3 MILES TO 1 INCH / ROAD ATLAS / COMPLETE WITH / MAIN TOWN PLANS / AND PRINCIPAL STRIP ROUTES / ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD. / LONDON, E.C.4
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom of key map (etc) W.&A.K. Johnston. Limited. Edinburgh & London.
dimension:-  wxh, book = 14.5x21.5cm
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (nominal)

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MN: 25.1.2001