Map Collection

Collins 1850
FA2002.85.3:- 
Map, uncoloured lithograph from an engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Henry G Collins, 1850, published by John Heywood, Manchester, 1868?
map feature:-  not coloured & decorative spandrels & title cartouche & scroll cartouche (sort of) & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & table of data & electoral data & table of hundreds & coastal defence & castles & fortifications & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & hundreds & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- title cartouche THE BRITISH GAZETTEER / HAMPSHIRE.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom London, Published for the Proprietors by H. G. Collins, 22 Paternoster Row.
scale line:-  10+1 miles = 64.2 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 38.5x46cm
wxh, map = 343x419mm
scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 275744 from scale line assuming statute mile)

  Map Group -- Collins 1850 -- with Research Notes

town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christ Church Christchurch
Fareham Fareham
Fordingbridg Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingsclere Kingsclere
Lymington Lymington
Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

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MN: 1.9.2002