Map Collection

Dispatch 1863
FA2002.506:- 
Map, 2 sheet engraving, Hampshire, with the Isle of Wight, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Edward Weller, 1858, published in The Dispatch Atlas, by The Weekly Dispatch, 139 Fleet Street, London, 1858-63.
map feature:-  scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular) & rivers & harbours & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & electoral data & descriptive text (statistics for about 1861-62) & settlements & roads & railways & canals & fortifications & castles
inscription:-  printed -on- lower left, north sheet HAMPSHIRE / (NORTH DIVISION) / BY EDWD. WELLER F.R.G.S.
inscription:-  printed -on- lower left, south sheet HAMPSHIRE / (SOUTH DIVISION) / BY EDWD. WELLER F.R.G.S.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom right Engraved by Edwd. Weller, Duke Street, Bloomsbury.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom centre, north sheet Day & Son Lithr. to The Queen
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom centre, south sheet E. Weller, Lithogr.
inscription:-  printed -on- lower left THE DISPATCH ATLAS -- Mercury above a hemisphere, banner
scale line:-  10 miles = 85.6 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 45.5x34cm
scale = 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 190230 from scale line)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 18.8m W (approx)

reference:-  : 1863: Dispatch Atlas, The: Weekly Dispatch (London)
  Map Group -- Dispatch 1863 -- with Research Notes

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

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MN: 2.9.2002