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FA2003.1.8:-
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Map, uncoloured engraving, One inch map Old Series, sheet 8, Dorking,
including parts of Hampshire, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published under the
direction of LtCol Mudge, Ordnance Survey, Tower of London, London, 1816;
edition about 1845-50?
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The map includes Bagshot, Farnham, Guildford Godalming, etc, Surrey; and east
parts of Hampshire.
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The map shows the London and Southampton Railway in Hampshire.
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There are diamond labels on end sections to show the correct folding, the front
diamond has the sheet number '8.'; also a small tab protrudes when the map is
folded, marked '8'.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (4x4 pieces)
& scale line & piano key border & rivers & woods & forests
& relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements
& roads & railways & canals |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top left
Price Eight Shillings
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top right, outside border
No.VIII / 8
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inscription:- |
printed -on- right border
Parallel to the Meridian of Greenwich
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom right
Engraved at the Drawing Room in the Tower under the Direction of Coll.
Mudge, by Benjn. Baker & Assistants - The Writing by Ebenr. Bourne.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom centre
Printed by Ramshaw
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom left
Published 1st. May 1816, by Coll. Mudge, Tower.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- across map
S U R R E
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inscription:- |
printed -on- in borders, top, right, bottom, left
7 / 6 / 9 / 12
-- next sheet numbers |
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scale line:-
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5+1 miles = 149.1 mm |
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dimension:- |
wxh, folded = 17x24.5cm |
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wxh, sheet = 97.5x66.5cm |
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wxh, map (borders; includes gaps) = 93.5x63cm |
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scale = 1 to 63360 (nominal) |
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reference:- |
Harley, J B (intro) & O'Donoghue, Yolande (intro): 1981: Old Series Ordnance
Survey Maps of England and Wales & South-central England: Margary, Harry (Lympne
Castle, Kent): vol.3: ISBN 0 903541 03 3 |
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Map Group -- OS 1810s Old Series -- with Research Notes
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| MN: 23.6.2003 |
