Map Collection

OS 1920s
Popular Edition

FA2003.7.141:- 
map, One inch map Popular Edition, sheet 141, Bournemouth and Swanage, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1919; revised to 1922?
The map includes parts of Dorset, including Wimborne Minster, and also Christchurch and Poole, which were then in Hampshire; and other parts of Hampshire.
The cover design is by Ellis Martin, and includes a picture of a cyclist in plusfours sitting by his bicycle on a hillside, overlooking a valley landscape, looking at a map.
The back cover has an index sheet to maps in the south of England.
inscription:-  printed -on- cover ORDNANCE SURVEY / Contoured Road Map of / BOURNEMOUTH / and SWANAGE / Popular Edition Price 2/6 / Scale: One Inch to One Mile / Sheet 141 -- black and red on cream; 'antique style' location map; coat of arms; picture of a map user
scale line:-  4+1 miles = 126.9 mm
scale line:-  4+1 miles = 127.2 mm
dimension:-  wxh (folded) = 10x18cm
wxh, sheet = 77.5x53.5cm
wxh, map = 709x483mm
scale = 1 to 63360 ? (nominal)

  Map Group -- OS 1920s Popular Edition -- with Research Notes

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MN: 13.7.2003