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OS 1810s
Old Series
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FA2003.1.16:- 
Map, uncoloured engraving, One inch map Old Series, sheet 16, Poole, including parts of Hampshire, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published under the direction of LtCol Mudge, Ordnance Survey, Tower of London, London, 1811; edition about 1836.
The map includes Christchurch, Poole, etc, Dorset; west parts of Hampshire; and the Needles off the Isle of Wight.
map feature:-  not coloured & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (4X4 pieces) & scale line & piano key border & coast form lines & coast appearance & rivers & woods & forests & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads
inscription:-  ms -on- outer front section O.S. 1[in] / No.16 / Christ Church / Poole / Wareham / [I]ED. / 1811 / 16 / Dorset
inscription:-  printed -on- top left Price Three Shillings
inscription:-  printed -on- top right, outside border No.XVI
inscription:-  printed -on- right border Parallel to the Meridian of Greenwich
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom centre, in border Sold by Jas. Gardner, Agent for the Sale of the Ordnance Maps 163, Regent Street, London.
inscription:-  printed -on- bottom left Published 10th. April 1811, by Lt. Coll. Mudge, Tower.
inscription:-  printed -on- left border Parallel to the Meridian of Butterton Hill
inscription:-  printed -on- in borders, top, right, bottom, left 15 / 10 / / 17 -- next sheet numbers
inscription:-  -on- [1836]
scale line:-  5+1 miles = 149.1 mm
dimension:-  wxh, folded = 17X21cm
wxh, sheet = 81.5x67cm
wxh, map (borders; includes gaps) = 80x64cm
scale = 1 to 63360 (nominal)

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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MN: 21.7.2003