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FA2002.84.2:-
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Road map, strip map, uncoloured engraving, Road from London to the 204th Mile
Stone ... Lands End, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, plate 10, published by
John Hinton in the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, London,
1767.
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plate 10; from London; through Brentford, and Staines, Middlesex; then Bagshot,
Surrey; Blackwater, Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, and Middle Wallop,
Hampshire; Salisbury, Wiltshire; Shaftesbury, Sherborn, Dorset; Yeovil,
Somerset; Axminster, Honiton, Exeter, and beyond Ashburton, Devon.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & plain cartouche & north point &
rivers & relief & hillocks & parks & county & settlements
& roads & distances from London & mills & windmills |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- title cartouche
The ROAD from LONDON to the 204th. / Mile Stone in the Way to / the
LANDS-END in / CORNWALL: / Measured from Cornhill to / ...
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 39.5x33cm |
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wxh, plate = 368x313mm |
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wxh, map = 355x299mm |
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scale = 1 to 160000 ? (rough estimate from mile marks on road) |
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Map Group -- Hinton 1765 -- with Research Notes
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town names:-
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Hampshire
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Whitchurch
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Whitchurch
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Andover
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Andover
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