notes Butters 1803

	Research Notes Map Group BUTTERS 1803

Butters 1803
	Map, Hampshire, scale about 14 miles to 1 inch, published by R Butters, 22 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, London, 1803. The item studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museum Service, item HMCMS:FA1998.157. The map size is wxh = 88x122mm. The reverse of the page is plain.
	MAP FEATURES
	PUBLISHING HISTORY
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
title	The map title is printed at the bottom:- HAMPSHIRE. in a decorative typeface.
orientation north point up is N	Printed upper left is a north point; north marked by a fleur de lys, a cross line E-W. The north point is upside down, pointing south.
scale line scale	Printed lower right is a scale line:- Scale / Miles There are divisions at 2 mile intervals. 10 miles = 18.3 mm giving a scale 1 to 879423 assuming a modern statute mile. The maps scale is about:- 1 to 880000 14 miles to 1 inch
sea tinted	The sea area is coloured pale blue. Two areas are labelled:- ENGLISH CHANNEL Spithead
coast line coast shaded	The coast is shaded for emphasis. Although the map shows, crudely, the configuration of Southampton Water and Portsmouth Harbour, these are not labelled.
coastal defence castles	Two of the old coastal defence castles are labelled:- Hurst Castle Calshot Castle
rivers bridges	Most of the major rivers are drawn by wiggly lines. Some are labelled:- Avon R. Auborn R. Loddon R. The Auborn is the Enborn; Loddon wrongly marks the Blackwater. The Rother and Ems, in particular, are missed. Bridges are not drawn, but are perhaps implied by roads interupting the river where they cross.
relief	No relief is shown.
parks	A very few parks, just 5, are drawn by a ring of paling fence with the interior coloured green. None are labelled.
woods forests	No woods, forests or other vegetation is shown.
county	The county boundary is a dotted line, coloured bright blue. The map misses off the furthest west and east bits, around what is now Bournemouth, Dorset, and in Rushmoor. The detached part of the county at Ambersham is not included. Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:- WILTSHIRE but are not separated by boundaries.
settlements	Settlements are not positioned by anything except their label; though positions could possibly be guessed from road intersections? The use of text style to distinguish settlement types seems to be intended, but is wrongly implemented.
city	Labelled in upright bold lowercase text, eg:- Winchester also used for Salisbury and Chichester. But also for:- Alresford Petersfield

town	Labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Andover Portsmouth Alton but see:- SOUTHAMPTON in italic bold block caps.

village	A few villages and lesser places are labelled, perhaps because they are road junctions. Labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Chalton Hertford Br. New Inn Fawley The last not being on any road. Not all road junctions have a place label.

roads	Roads, believed to be post roads, are drawn by a double line, coloured yellow.
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	The map was published in an Atlas of England which had descriptions of post roads, and a gazetteer. Printed and sold by R. Butters, No.22, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.' 1803. The atlas has a map of England and Wales, upsidedown as many other maps are, there is a description of the posts roads, and a gazetteer; its size is 4 x 7 1/2 ins.
	It was published again in 'The Picture of England Illustrated with correct colour'd Maps of the several Counties'. Illustrated by William Green. In 2 volumes. Printed for J. Hatchard Bookseller to his Majesty, Piccadilly. 1804. Hampshire is in vol.1 which has title page, introduction and text for each county.
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REFERENCES
	Butters, R: 1803: Atlas of England ...: (London)
	Green, William: 1804: Picture of England Illustrated: Hatchard, J (London)

ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1998.157 -- map
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