Map Collection

Richardson 1912
FA2001.5:- 
Map, colour printed, South East and Central England, scale about 1 to 320000, about 5 miles to 1 inch, by G W Bacon, published by Frank Richardson Ltd, Deansgate, Manchester, about 1912.
The map is sectioned for folding, mounted, and folded in board covers.
The map covers Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Middlesex, London, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey, East and West Sussex, and Kent.
As well as the map there is an index gazetteer of towns, an insert geological map, list of populations and areas of counties, triangular table of distances between towns, and a table of the speed limits for motors imposed in certain towns.
map feature:-  mounted & sectioned for folding & folded & card cover & up is N & scale line & table of symbols & gazetteer (of towns) & index grid & table of data (population, areas, speed limits) & inset map (geology) & sea tinted & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods (some) & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- cover RICHARDSON'S / MAP OF / SOUTH EAST / AND / CENTRAL ENGLAND.
inscription:-  printed -on- upper left RICHARDSON'S / SOUTH EAST & CENTRAL ENGLAND / A MAP COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF - DERBY NOTTINGHAM / LINCOLN LEICESTER RUTLAND WARWICK NORTHAMPTON / HUNTINGDON CAMBRIDGE NORFOLK SUFFOLK BEDFORD OXFORD / BUCKINGHAM HERTFORD ESSEX MIDDLESEX LONDON / BERKSHIRE WILTSHIRE HAMPSHIRE SURREY SUSSEX & KENT / SHOWING BOROUGHS IN SEPARATE COLOURS, RAILWAYS, ROADS, & GOLF LINKS
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom left -- COPYRIGHT ... G. W. BACON
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom PUBLISHED BY / FRANK RICHARDSON, LIMITED / DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER
scale line:-  25 miles = 127.2 mm
dimension:-  wxh, booklet, map folded = 21x33cm
wxh, sheet, opened = 94.5x124.5cm
scale = 1 to 320000 ? (1 to 316302 from scale line)

  Map Group -- Richardson 1912

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

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MN: 4.10.2001