notes Bacon 1906

	Research Notes Map Group BACON 1906

Bacon 1906
	These notes are taken from BACON'S STRIP MAP of the PORTSMOUTH ROAD, by G W Bacon and Co, 127 Strand London, 1906. The scale is about 4 miles to one inch. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1999.69.1.
	The notes are strongly biased towards Hampshire interest.
	ROADS
	OTHER MAP FEATURES
	ITEMS in the Collection


Road Book	The strip map was included in a road book, The Portsmouth Road, by Charles G Harper, published by Anthony Treherne and Co, 12 York Buildings, Adelphi, London, 1906.
title map maker	The strip map has no title, the title of the book is printed on its cover in black on green, with an illustration of a watchman with a lantern:- The Portsmouth Road printed at the bottom of the map is:- LONDON, G. W. BACON & CO. LTD. 127 STRAND

ROADS	The road's route is:- from London; via Guildford and Godalming, Surrey; then Liphook, Petersfield, Horndean, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. Roads are drawn by double line. The width indicates the importance of the road. Dangerous ascents and descents are marked by an arrow.
distances from London road distances	Road distances from London and from Portsmouth are given in figures beside a drawing of a milestone. For example at the cross roads at Cosham:- (4 3/4 M.) 68 1/4 M. and SW of Petersfield:- (18 M) 55 M. The Portsmouth distance is always in brackets. Neither milestones or distances are given at regular intervals, certainly not each mile.
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OTHER MAP FEATURES
orientation compass rose up is destination up is SW	Printed half way up the side is a minimal compass rose; no circle, lines for cardinal and half cardinal directions, North marked by an arrow head, labels N, E, W. The map is printed with the destination at the top of the sheet; SW at the top.
scale line scale	Printed lower left is a scale line; marked and labelled at 1/4, 1/2 and 1 mile. The 1 mile = 6.6 mm gives a scale 1 to 243840 assuming a statute mile. the map scale is about:- 1 to 240000 4 miles to 1 inch
table of symbols	Printed up on the left is a table of symbols:- Post & Telegraph Offices thus [drawing of a ?letter plus an ?telegraph pole] Post Offices [drawing of a letter] Railway Stations [silhouette of a locomotive, smoke issuing from the funnel] Milestones [drawing of a milestone] Dangerous Hills [arrow] Level crossings [drawing of a gate] Distances in brackets from PORTSMOUTH
sea plain foreshore	There is a little sea shown at Portsmouth, the sea is plain. Foreshore shallows are shown by dotting.
coast line harbours	The coast just a line. Portsmouth Harbour is drawn with channels and labelled:- HARBOUR On the other side of Portsea island is:- LANGSTONE HARBOUR
coastal defence castles	Southsea castle is drawn as an imposing building with a flag on one wing.
rivers ponds bridges	Rivers are drawn by a wiggly single or double line, and might be labelled, eg:- R. MOLE The Thames is drawn wide enough to have its label between its banks. A pond might be drawn in outline and labelled, eg:- HEATH POND [Petersfield] FOLLY POND [SW of Liphook] Bridges are implied by roads crossing and interrupting a stream, generally none are labelled. Two Thames bridges in London are drawn as bridges with several arches, one labelled:- WESTMR. BR.
relief hill hachuring	Relief is not generally shown on the map. But there are some indicators. Some sort of hachuring is used at the Devil's Punch Bowl, and at:- Portsdown Hill which is labelled. Here and elsewhere a steep hill might be marked with an arrow, pointing up hill. Some other hills are labelled, eg:- WINDMILL HILL [by Chalton] BUTSER HILL
woods trees	Woodland is indicated by tree symbols (which look more like little bushes or upsidedown trees). Most woods are enclosed by a line; some are labelled, eg:- HAVANT THICKET RAKE HANGER DURFORD WOOD Rough land is indicated by rows of dots for tussocks, and perhaps labelled, eg:- HEATH DOWN [by Buriton]
parks	Parks are drawn in outline, the interior dotted, and might have trees, house, pond, etc. There is a nice example, unlabelled, near Wymering. A park might be labelled by name, or by the name of its house, eg:- IDSWORTH Ho. PURBROOK PARK
county	The counties are not noticed.
settlements	Settlements are shown by drawings of houses, perhaps in groups, and perhaps a church. The scheme of labelling is not easy to comprehend. Only a few places are shown off the route.
capital	areas of houses, and churches; labelled in upright block caps:- LONDON

city town village hamlet	groups of houses and perhaps a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Guildford Petersfield Corsham The size if text may be an indicator of size of settlement. The other end of this road is:- PORTSMOUTH in upright block caps.
railways	Railways are drawn by a double line. This has the appearance of being engraved after other features. It sometimes goes under a road, sometimes across, but never over. Stations, according to the table of symbols, are wherever a locomotive is drawn. (I have not checked the correspondence of symbols and stations). A tunnel might be shown by the railway disappearing into a portal, appearing again from another. Some railways are labelled, eg:- L. & S. W.
miscellaneous
mills windmills	The mill is not drawn, but WINDMILL HILL is labelled by Chalton.
antiquities hillforts	On Butser Hill there is a diamond symbol labelled:- ROMAN CAMP
inns	An inn might be labelled, eg:- Coach & Horses [SW of Butser Hill]
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1999.69 -- road book
	HMCMS:FA1999.69.1 -- strip map
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