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Research Notes
Map Group DAWSON 1832
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Dawson 1832
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Map, Hampshire, and boroughs in the county, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch,
by Robert Kearsley Dawson, Lt RE, drawn for the Reform Bill, 1832 and printed by Hansard, London, 1832.
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The map studied is probably a copy made for the Report of the Municpal Corporation Boundaries Commission, 1937. It is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Sevice, item HMCMS:FA1999.65.
The 'snip' images are taken from an identical map, tho' tinted differently, item HMCMS:1991.13.1.
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Printed by lithography; an early use of the process in England. The borough maps are Andover, Winchester, Christchurch, Lymington, Petersfield,
Portsmouth, Southampton.
The map size is: wxh, sheet = 28.5x35cm.
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MAP FEATURES |
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ELECTORAL DATA for Hampshire Towns |
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PUBLISHING HISTORY |
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ITEMS in the Collection |
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| MAP FEATURES |
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title
map maker
engraver
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Printed upper left is:-
Hampshire
in an Old English type.
Printed lower right, signature:-
Robt. K. Dawson. Lieut.
R.E.
Below the scale, lower left, is:-
R Martin, Lithog. 124, High Holborn &
51 Carey St.
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scale line
scale
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Printed lower left is a:-
Scale of Miles
labelled at 1 mile intervals; 6 miles = 47.3 mm giving a scale
1 to 204145 assuming a modern statute mile; the map scale is
ablout:-
1 to 200000
3 miles to 1 inch
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orientation
north point
up is N
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Printed on the left above centre is a simple north point; N-S
line, E-W line, North marked by an arrow.
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coast line
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The sea and coast line are plain.
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rivers
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Only river estuaries are shown, no river inland.
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county
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The county boundary is a dash dot line, tinted. There is no
labelling of adjacent counties.
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hundreds
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Hundred boundaries are dashed lines, and might be tinted. The
hundred areas are labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
ODIHAM HUND.
FAWLEY HUNDRED
Detached parts of hundres are labelled in lowercase, eg:-
Bishops Sutton Hundred
on the east boundary of the county.
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settlements
electoral data
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Only necessary settlements are marked; plus a few extras whose
relevance is not immediately apparent. Perhaps accompanying text,
which we do not have, might make their inclusion clear.
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city
town
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Borough towns have the red circle, maybe with an outer circle,
showing they return 1, or 2, members to Parliament; labelled in
upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER [returns 2 members,
principal place of county election]
ANDOVER [returns 2
members]
PETERSFIELD [returns 1
member]
Other towns are marked by a few blocks by their roads;
labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Alton
Basingstoke
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village
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The few other places are marked by a cross, perhaps for a
church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Cheriton
Bramley
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roads
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A network of roads is drawn by double lines.
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| ELECTORAL DATA |
for Hampshire Towns |
electoral data
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A dot dash line tinted red is the proposed boundary between
divisions of the county, labelled:-
NORTHERN DIVISION
SOUTHERN DIVISION
This is (?) the division boundary which came into force with
the Reform Act 1832. A second dot dash boundary is engraved on
the map, tinted green on one copy. This might be an alternative
division?
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table of symbols
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Printed lower right is:-
Explanations.
Proposed line of Division of County ...
Red.
Principal Places of County Election ...
[red square]
Borough Town to return 2 Members ...
[red circle with outer circle]
Do. ... Do. ... 1 Member ... [red
circle]
The symbols might be combined as at Winchester which has a red
circle with an outer circle, embedded in a red square.
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The towns shown are, with their number of members of
Parliament:-
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Alton
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ANDOVER - 2
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Basingstoke
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Bishops Waltham
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CHRISTCHURCH - 1
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Fareham
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Fordingbridge
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Havant
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Kingsclere
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LYMINGTON - 2
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New Alresford
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Odiham
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PETERSFIELD - 1
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PORTSMOUTH - 2
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Ringwood
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Romsey
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Stockbridge
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SOUTHAMPTON - 2
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Whitchurch
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WINCHESTER - 2
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| PUBLISHING |
HISTORY |
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Published in 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales:
shewing their boundaries as established by the Boundaries' Act, passed 11th July
1832: together with Outline Maps, shewing, the divisions of counties, the
principal places of election, and the polling places, as established by the same
Act. In two volumes. London: Printed by James & Luke G. Hansard & Sons, near
Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1832.' |
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The maps were the byproduct of the Reform Bill 1831, and relate to the Boundaries Act 1832. |
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ITEMS |
in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:BWM500 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1987.7 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1991.13.1 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1991.13.2 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1998.183 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.65 -- map
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HMCMS:WOC5598.4 -- map
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