notes Baker 1792

	Research Notes Map Group BAKER 1792

Baker 1792
	Map of Hampshire, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Benjamin Baker, Islington, London, 1792. It was published opposite page 41 in the 2nd volume, 1792, of the Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure. This series (1791-97) was published by W. Bent, at the King's Arms, Pater-Noster-Row, London. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1988.10.
	This is a fairly unexciting map. An earlier series of maps were by Kitchin, Bowen and Seale.
	The magazine size is 4 3/4 x 8 ins; map 23x19cm
	It was published, coloured, by Darton and Harvey, 1804.
	The maps were used by Laurie and Whittle, 1807.

	MAP FEATURES
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
oval cartouche title engraver	Printed lower right is a shaded oval cartouche:- HAMPSHIRE below which:- Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
orientation up is N	The map has no compass rose, though it has latitude and longitude scales. It is printed with North at the top of the page.
scale line scale	Printed lower right is a scale line; chequered in miles, labelled at 2 mile intervals. The 10 miles = 34.4 mm gives a scale 1 to 467824 assuming a modern mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 470000 7 miles to 1 inch
lat and long scales	Printed in the map borders are scales of latitude and longitude for a rectangular projection; chequered at 2 minute intervals, labelled at 10 minute intervals, the degree labels in roman numerals. The bottom scale is labelled:- Longitude West from London. As far as can be judged the longitude, Winchester = 1 d 12 1/2m W suggesting a prime meridian in central London, not Greenwich. The map covers 0d 42m to 1d 44m W, 50d 32m to 51d 26m N; the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
sea area sea plain	The sea is plain; some sea areas are labelled, eg:- ENGLISH CHANNEL SPITHEAD Southampton Water
coast line coast shaded	The coast line is shaded for emphasis extending into harbours and estuaries. There may be hachures along the coast line to suggest cliffs, eg:- near Milton. Harbours can be recognised but are not labelled. Numerous islands are shown in Portsmouth Harbour, and one in Langstone Harbour.
coastal defence castles	Only a couple of the coastal defence castles are marked. The symbol for Hurst Castle can just be seen to be a square with dots at the corner, a conventional castle, not that it has that shape. These are labelled:- Hurst Castle Calshot Castle
rivers bridges	Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering inland. Some are labelled, eg:- Avon R. Test R. The Blackwater is labelled:- Loddon R. Most of the main river systems are shown, but with no great accuracy or detail of tributaries. Bridges are not particularly noticed, but are implied by roads crossing rivers.
relief	No relief is indicated.
woods forests trees	Wooded areas are shown by dense groups of little tree symbols. Only Woolmer Forest and Alice Holt, East Bere Forest, and the New Forest forests are drawn. Only:- New Forest is labelled. Woolmer is shown dense with trees which it wasn't. The only other tree symbols are in parks.
parks	Parks are shown in outline with fence palings; the interior pecked. There might be a block for a house, and might be some trees, for example by Alresford.
county	The county boundary is a bold dashed line. Adjoining counties are labelled, eg:- WILTSHIRE The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is not shown. Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:- WILTSHIRE A few towns and villages outside the county are marked to provide continuity to the road network, like other towns these may be labelled with name and distance from London, eg:- Amesbury / 78
settlements distances from London electoral data	Settlements are perhaps shown by a few blocks, or just a cross for a village church. They are differentiated by style of labelling.
city	a few blocks around the meeting of roads; labelled in upright block caps, eg:- WINCHESTER / 65

town	a few blocks by the road; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Stockbridge / 67 Alton / 48 Southampton is made an exception, it is a large town and is labelled in italic block caps:- SOUTHAMPTON / 76 The figures are the distance from London. Borough towns have stars attached to show the number of members sent to Parliament; Stockbridge has two for instance.

village	cross (+), perhaps some blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Lor. Wallop Colemore
roads	Roads are drawn by double lines. Roads are differentiated by width, the wider roads mostly having bold and light lines which is often used to mark turnpikes at this period. As well as main routes there is a network of smaller roads.
miscellaneous
race courses	North of Winchester is an oval double dotted line, a race course, labelled:- Worthy Dean Course (Worthy Down).
antiquities roman roads roman towns	Silchester is marked by a block in a hachured ring, the roman town. A very straight road is drawn aligned with Silchester and Salisbury, from about Ewhurst to near Quarley, labelled:- Roman Road The main road from Winchester to Popham, continued as a small road towards Silchester to about Sherbourne, is labelled the same.
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REFERENCES	: 1791=1797: Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: Bent, W (London)
also see:-
	related map group -- Laurie and Whittle 1807
ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1988.10 -- map
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