notes Blome 1681

	Research Notes Map Group BLOME 1681

Blome 1681
	Mapp of Hantshire, ie Hampshire, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, derived from Speed 1611, by Richard Blome, engraved by Richard Palmer, ?1673, published 1681.
	This map of Hampshire is believed to have been engraved at the same time as the 1673 map; the reverse is plain. It carries the coat of arms of Charles Earle of Wiltshire; Blome's name appears under a dedication. This is one of the earliest maps of Hampshire to show roads.
	The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1999.90.
	MAP FEATURES
	ROADS
	PUBLISHING HISTORY
	ATLAS 1716
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
scroll cartouche title map maker engraver	There is a scroll cartouche at the title upper left:- A MAPP of HANTSHIR With its Hundreds Like much of the rest of the map the engraving leaves something to be desired. Bottom right is:- R. P. Sculp This is Richard Palmer; the map maker is Richard Blome.
orientation compass rose	The map's orientation is given by a compass rose. This has star points for the cardinal and half cardinal points; stubby star points for the false points; north is marked by a fleur de lys. Map north is up on the sheet.
scale line scale old english mile	There is a scale line, chequered in miles:- A Scale of 4 Miles The 4 miles of the scale line are about 9 1/2 miles! A better estimate of the map scale is got by measuring town positions and comparing these to known positions, now. This was done with DISTTAB.exe, giving a map scale 7.73 statute miles to 1 inch, 1 to 489761. The scale is about:- 1 to 490000 ? 7.5 miles to 1 inch The map's mile is 2.4 statute miles. It is more likely that the scale line is incorrectly labelled; it is an 8 mile scale not a 4 mile scale. Assuming this then the map mile is an:- Old English Mile = 1.21 statute miles Source data:- see:- BLM2DIS.txt DISTTAB.exe results
sea area sandbanks ships	The sea is plain. The sea between the Isle of Wight and the mainland is labelled:- THE BRITISH SEA The sandbank off Hayling is drawn in outline with a dotted line and labelled:- Y Mackett A single ship decorates the sea; round bodied, one square sail; it might be possible to make more guesses about the type of ship but these would be very rough - it's a carrack.
coast line coast shaded cliffs harbours	The coast shaded, this extending into river mouths etc. Cliffs are labelled east of Christchurch:- Black cliff A couple of harbours are labelled:- Hamble haven Titchfield ha
coastal defence castles	A few of the coastal defence castles are labelled, eg:- Calshott Cast St Andrews Cast Ruyns of hasel wroth cast South Castle
rivers bridges	Rivers are shown by wiggly lines tapering inland. An estuary might be shaded, for example the reaches towards Fareham, or have form lines, for example in the Beaulieu river. The drawing of estuaries is not at all to scale. River braiding is shown, for example on the Test south of Stockbridge. Most rivers are not labelled. Labelling on the map is poorly positioned, so:- Kings Brooke near a stream at Up Somborne, may refer to the stream or to the two hamlet symbols nearby. The relationship between rivers and roads can only be described as 'messy' engraving. It is possible that two bridges are drawn at Beaulieu, and 1 more certainly at Fordingbridge - neither is there for a road. There is a clearly drawn bridge on the upper part of the Lymington River. There is also a clear bridge across the Enborne at Newtowne; the road from Kingsclere towards Newbury crosses elsewhere.
relief hillocks	There is some indication of relief, shown by hillocks. Examples on the Dorset border west of Ringwood, around Hale, the Sussex border east of Clanfield, and near Popham etc. There is no serious attempt to portray the relief of the county.
beacons	[ ]eacon is engraved south of Bistoke; it is not clear what the label attaches to. It could be part of a longer label for Toothill Beacon?
forests woods	There are tree symbols on the map. The woods New Forest has many; there are a few around Subberton where East Bere Forest could be, some around Braughton which could be Buckholt Forest. But they feel a bit 'accidental'.
parks	Parks are drawn by a ring of fence palings. At least one is labelled:- Park south of Lyndhurst. A lot of parks are not drawn. The fences are in need of repair.
county	The county boundary is a dotted line; pretty blobby engraving. The surrounding counties are labelled, eg:- PART OF BARK SHIRE Hardly anything is engraved in the surrounding counties (this is not unusual). Roads and rivers are continued just over the border. Farnham in Surrey is shown.
hundreds table of hundreds	hundred boundaries are slightly finer dotted lines. The hundred areas are numbered, keyed to a table of hundreds:- Hundreds in Hant= Shire
settlements	Settlements are located by a circle.
city	circle, buildings, towers; labelled in italic block caps text, eg:- WINCHESTER

town	circle, buildings, towers; labelled in upright or italic? lowercase text, eg:- Odyam Stokbridg

village	circle, tower; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:- Littleton Crawley

hamlet	circle; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:- Owselbury

hamlet	Hook has a cross Butser hill has a line Sidmanton has a half cross Harbridg has a decorated cross It might be possible to interpret the map maker's intentions; but it might not repay the effort?
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ROADS	This is one the earliest maps of the county to show roads. Roads are drawn by a double line; the spacing is variable, the lines get tangled in rivers and text labels, etc. It may be that they were engraved last, or were even a late addition. Many of the road segments which are expected on a map of this period are shown; but not all. For example, while the London to Lands End road manages to find its way across the county, the London to Portsmouth road does not. Several road segments are labelled with a number in a circle, which could be the road distance in miles. It is not made clear where the segments begin and end. The routes shown, modern place names, are:- from Surrey, about the Golden Farmer; then Blackwater, Hartfordbridge, Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, Over Wallop, Hampshire; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plates 25, 26; Lands End road] branch from Andover, Hampshire; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plate 32; Barnstable road] branch from Basingstoke, through Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Hampshire; then Lopcombe Corner, Wiltshire and beyond. [Ogilby plate 53; Weymouth road] branch from Basingstoke, through Kingsclere, Hampshire; into Berkshire. [part of Ogilby plate 81; Oxford to Chichester road, missing from Alton onwards] branch from Surrey, about the Golden Farmer; across a corner of Hampshire; Farnham, Surrey; then Alton, New Alresford, Twyford, to Southampton, Hampshire AND from Southampton, through Romsey; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plate 51; Southampton and Salisbury road] from outside New Alresford, through Winchester, Romsey, Ringwood, Hampshire; into Dorset AND from Dorset through Christchurch to Lymington, Hampshire. [Ogilby plate 97; Poole road, and to Lymington, the section Southampton to Winchester missed] from West Sussex; through Petersfield, Bramdean, to Winchester, Hampshire. [Ogilby plate 39; branch off Chichester road at Midhurst] from Petersfield, through Horndean, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [part of Ogilby plate 30; Portsmouth road, missing road to Petersfield] [Ogilby plate 83 missed, only crosses a corner of Hampshire by Shipton Bellinger]
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	Published in 'Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd or the Maps of the Counties of England, Alphabetically placed. London, Printed Ann. Dom, 1681.'
	The atlas has a general map of England; the atlas size is 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins.
	Published in a second edition 'Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd ... London, Printed and Sold by Sam Lownes over against Exeter Exchange in the Strand. 1685.'
	The dedication of the Hampshire map is now to William Lord Russell, son and heir to William Earl of Bedford.
	Published in 'Cosmography and Geography, in Two Parts: the First, ... Being a Translation from ... Varenius. ... The Second Part, being a Geographical Description of all the World, ... The Third Impression, Illustrated with Maps. To which is added the County-Maps of England, drawn from those of Speed. London, Printed by Samuel Roycroft, for Richard Blome, dwelling near Clare' 1693.
	The Hampshire map now has no dedication or coat of arms.
	After Blome's death, 1705, the plates were owned by bookseller Thomas Taylor who used them 1715-18; and they were used again by Thomas Bakewell, 1750 (Skelton, but this disagrees with Chubb).
	Published in 'England Exactly Described Or a Guide to Travellers In a Compleat Sett of Mapps of all the County's of England being a map; for each County where every Town & Village in each County is Perticulerly Expressed with the Names and Limits of every Hundred &c. Very Usefull for all Gentlemen and Travellers being made fitt for the Pockett; Printed Coloured and Sold by Tho: Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleetstreet where are Sold all Sorts of Mapps and fine French Dutch and Italian Prints.' 1715.
	The Hampshire map still has no dedication or coat of arms; the map is numbered '16'; maps from the 1715 atlas were advertised singly at 2d each; the atlas size is 10 x 7 1/2 ins.
	Published in 'England Exactly Described Or a Guide to Travellers In a Compleat Sett of Mapps of All the Counties of England; being a Map for each County, Wherein every Towne and Village is Particularly Express'd with the Names and Limits of every Hundred, and the Roads and Distances in Measured Miles according to Mr. Ogilby's Survey. Very Usefull for Gentlemen and Travellers being made fit for the Pockett. Printed Coloured and Sold by Tho: Taylor ...' 1717.
	The map is unchanged from the 1715 edition; the atlas has a table of distances for the whole country.
	Published in 'England Exactly Described ... Sold by Tho: Bakewell, next ye Horn Tavern in Fleet Street.' about 1731.
	the map is unchanged from the 1715 edition; the map or atlas probably remained in print up to about 1750.
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ATLAS 1716	These notes are made from an atlas, England Exactly Described, by Richard Blome, 1716. The atlas studied is in the collection of Birmingham Central Library.
	Blome, Richard: 1716 (2nd edn): England Exactly Described: (London)
	This is not an original volume. It appears to be a group, perhaps all, of Blome's maps found as separate sheets, uncoloured, bound up recently into an everyday library binding with a typed title page:-
	England Exactly Described; Or, a Guide to Travellers In a Compleat Sett of Mapps of All the County's of England ...
	engraved by R. Blome and W. Hollar
	London Printed Coloured and Sold by Tho. Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleet Street 2nd edition 1716
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REFERENCES
	Blome, Richard: 1681: Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd: (London)
	Blome, Richard: 1685: Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd: Lownes, Sam (London)
	Blome, Richard: 1693: Cosmography and Geography: (London): part 3
	: 1715 & 1716: England Exactly Described: Taylor, Thomas (London)
	: 1716 & 1735: England Exactly Described: Bakewell, Thomas (London)
also see:-
	related map group -- Speed 1611
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1999.90 -- map
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