Map Collection
FA2002.42:-	Map, Burrow's Pointer Guide Map of Basingstoke, Street Plan of Basingstoke, Hampshire, scale about 4 inches to 1 mile, published by Edward J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, about 1950s?
	The index pointer uses a polar coordinate system; there is a scale pivoted half way up the left side of the map; it can be lined up on a radial scale 0..150 printed on the other 3 edges of the map (covering nearly 180 degrees); the scale is marked A..Z, each segment divided 1..6; in the street index there are entries like 'Goat Lane 74 P3' the street is found by lining up the scale on 74 on the edge and looking along it to P3.
map feature:-	not coloured & folded & card cover & scale line & index pointer & rivers & settlements & roads & streets & railways
inscription:-	printed -on- cover Published with the approval of / THE BASINGSTOKE BOROUGH COUNCIL. / BURROW'S / POINTER / GUIDE MAP / OF / BASINGSTOKE / ... / WITH THE AID OF THE POINTER ANY IMPORTANT / STREET, PUBLIC BUILDING, OR FEATURE OF INTEREST / MAY BE INSTANTLY FOUND / Designed, Printed in Great Britain and Produced by / ED. J. BURROW & CO. LTD., CHELTENHAM AND LONDON / This form of Map is copyright and may not be reproduced except / with the consent of the holders of the original copyright and patent / One Shilling and Sixpence
scale line:-	0.5 mile = 60 mm (approx)
dimension:-	scale = 1 to 13000 ? (from scale line)
	MN: 23.4.2002

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