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Map Collection
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FA2001.62:-
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Road map, County Road Map and Gazetteer, no.5 Hampshire with the Isle of
Wight, scale about 1 to 250000, about 4 miles to 1 inch, by E J Burrow and Co,
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, published by the British Motor Corporation, BMC,
Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1950s.
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The booklet has lots of advertisements; a gazetteer of places with population,
market day, map reference and guide book style descriptions, and some street
maps; a general section about churches, castles and antiquities; lots of
advertisements; and a county map.
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map feature:-
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table of symbols & scale line & index grid (A..L,1..9, 6 miles squares)
& sea tinted & rivers & relief (only indications of steep hills on
roads) & forests & woods & parks & settlements & roads &
railways (only shown where they cross a road!) & canals |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- cover
... BMC ... / THE BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION LTD / COUNTY ROAD MAP / AND
GAZETTEER / NO.5 / HAMPSHIRE / WITH THE / ISLE OF WIGHT / ... / EVERY OBJECT OF
INTEREST / IN THE COUNTY AT A GLANCE / 3/6
-- coloured, location maps |
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scale line:-
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6 miles = 38.4 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, booklet = 12x26cm |
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wxh, sheet = 37.5x44cm |
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wxh, map = 348x400mm |
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scale = 1 to 250000 ? (1 to 251460 from scale line) |
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| MN: 23.7.2001 |