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Map Collection
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Pigot 1835
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FA2001.144:-
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Map, coloured engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 13
miles to 1 inch, engraved by Slater, Manchester, published by Pigot and Co,
Fleet Street, London, and others, 1835-40s.
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The map has railways - London and Southampton Railway, Bishopstoke to Gosport
branch railway, Fareham to Cosham branch railway, Chichester to Portsmouth
Railway, Southampton to Dorchester Railway, and the Berkshire and Hampshire
Railway.
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The map comes from A Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England, it is attached
to the page with an engraving of Winchester Cathedral, and a distance table for
the county. An accompanying page has two sides of descriptive text for
Hampshire.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & north point & up is N & scale line & lat and
long scales & table of symbols & coast shaded & rivers & parks
& county & settlements & roads & railways & canals |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
HAMPSHIRE
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 19.3 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet (map) = 12x19cm |
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wxh, map = 105x163mm |
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scale = 1 to 830000 ? (1 to 833857 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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reference:- |
: 1835 & 1842 (etc?): Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England: Pigot and Co &
Longman and Co & Sherwood and Co & Simpkin and Marshall & Pigot and Slater |
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Map Group -- Pigot 1835 -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 24.10.2001 |