Map Collection

Sporting Review 1842
FA2001.109:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Meets of the Hampshire Hounds, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, published in the Sporting Review, by I Mitchell, 33 Old Bond Street, London, 1 March 1842.
The meets are marked by a cross (X), and their name, with a figure for the miles form Alresford, where the kennels of the Hampshire Hunt are situated; there is an attached descriptive text.
Although not the topic of this map it is worth noting that it shows the London and Southampton Railway from roughly where it enters Hampshire to about Bishopstoke, and the Gosport Junction Railway branching off there.
map feature:-  not coloured & scale line & rivers & county & settlements & roads & railways
inscription:-  printed -on- upper centre MAP OF THE / MEETS / OF THE / HAMPSHIRE / HOUNDS.
scale line:-  5 miles = 24.4 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 14x22cm
wxh, map = 11.5x15.5cm
scale = 1 to 330000 ? (1 to 329784 from scale line)

  Map Group -- Sporting Review 1842

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 4.10.2001