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OS 1810s
Old Series
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FA2003.1.12:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, One inch map Old Series, sheet 12, Basingstoke, including part of Hampshire, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published under the direction of LtCol Mudge, Ordnance Survey, Tower of London, London, 1817.
The map includes Alton, Andover, Basingstoke, Alresford, Odiham, Stockbridge, and Whitchurch, Hampshire; Newbury, Hungerford, etc, berkshire; and a detached part of Wiltshire in Berkshire. The map is about 'state 7e' with some re-engraving of the the River Test south of Stockbridge.
The map shows the London and Southampton Railway.
The are red diamond labels on the end sections to show the correct folding, the front label with sheet number '12.'; there is a location map on the front section, cut from an index sheet for the map series; the map is edged with blue ribbon.
map feature:-  not coloured & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (4x2 pieces) & scale line & piano key border & rivers & woods & forests & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:-  printed -on- top left Price Seven Shillings
inscription:-  printed -on- top centre border Sold by Jas. Gardner, Agent for the Sale of the Ordnance Maps 163, Regent Street, London.
inscription:-  printed -on- top right, outside border No.XII
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.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom centre, border Meridian of Dunnose / Latitude 50[d]. 37[m]. 8[s]. / Longitude 1[d]. 11[m]. 36[s]. West -- marking the meridian which is also in the top border
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom left Published 14th. Augt. 1817, by Coll. Mudge, Tower.
inscription:-  printed -on- across map H A M P
inscription:-  printed -on- in borders, top, right, bottom, left 13 / 8 / 11 / 14 -- next sheet numbers
inscription:-  embossed -on- upper right TC -- oval monogram
scale line:-  5+1 miles = 149.1 mm
dimension:-  wxh, folded = 24.5x32.5cm
wxh, sheet = 96.5x64.5cm
wxh, map (borders; includes gaps) = 77.5x62cm
scale = 1 to 63360 (nominal)
wxh, location map = 75x60mm

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
  Map Group -- OS 1810s Old Series -- with Research Notes

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town names:- 
Hampshire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Alresford Alresford
Odiham Odiham
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch

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MN: 21.7.2003