Map Collection

Brannon 1859
B1999.280.1:- 
Map, New Map of Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by P Brannon, engraved by Brannon and Co, 1859, published by William White, 18-20 Bank Street, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, 1878.
map feature:-  decorative spandrels & vignettes & coat of arms & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & table of data (electoral etc) & coast form lines & coastal defence & castles & fortifications & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & electoral data & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- title, upper left WHITE'S / New Map of / HAMPSHIRE, / AND THE / Isle of Wight, / CAREFULLY REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE / SURVEY AND COMPRISING ALL / SUBSEQUENT IMPROVEMENTS. / FOR THE / HISTORY, GAZETTEER AND DIRECTORY. / Published by William White, / 18 & 20, BANK STREET, SHEFFIELD. / 1878.
scale line:-  9+1 miles = 82.1 mm (?)
dimension:-  wxh, map = 464x583mm
scale = 1 to 200000 ? (1 to 196022 from scale line assuming statute mile)
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe)

  Map Group -- Brannon 1859 -- with Research Notes

MN: 31.8.2002