Map Group HALL 1833
The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA2001.142, probably published 1848. The collection has other editions of this map, at different dates with different railways; items HMCMS:FA1998.126 & KD1996.14 & FA2001.92. The illustrative snips are mostly taken from HMCMS:KD1996.14.
The map is a hand coloured engraving.
map maker
Printed in decorative block caps in a plain cartouche lower right:-
HAMPSHIRE, OR SOUTHAMPTON.Printed bottom right and bottom centre:-
Engraved by Sidy. Hall.
London, Published by Chapman and Hall No.186 Strand.
north point
up is N
Printed upper right is a north point; N-S line, E-W cross line, North marked by an arrowhead. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
scale
English Mileschequered in miles, labelled at 2 mile intervals. The 14 miles = 43.9 mm, giving a scale 1 to 513230 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:-
1 to 510000
8 miles to 1 inch
Printed in the map borders are scales of latitude and longitude for a trapezoid projection; chequered at 2 minute intervals, labelled at 10 minute intervals. The ratio of the longitude scales top/bottom is 1.01 which is not as much as it should be for the span of latitudes. The ratio of latitude to longitude scales is about 1.57 which is about correct for a map at this latitude. The bottom scale of longitude is labelled:-
Longitude West from GreenwichThe map includes from 0d 30m to 2d 10m W, from 50d 35m to 51d 23m N; the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The figures from London prefixed to the Towns denote the distance from London.and:-
Railway stations marked thus [double line with cross ties, rectangular mark] stationThe slope of the italic face of the second text is slightly, but noticeably, greater than in other engraved text. This supports the idea that it is an addition, as are the railways. There were no railways on the original map of 1833; there were no railways.
sea shaded
sandbanks
The sea area is shaded, or the coast shading extends far into the sea! Some sea areas are labelled, eg:-
SPITHEAD
Christ Church BayHayling Shoal, off the south of Hayling Island, is outlined by a dotted line.
coast shaded
headlands
harbours
lighthouses
A few headlands are labelled, eg:-
Hengistbury Head
Needs Oar Pt.and some of the harbours are labelled, eg:-
Portsmouth HarbourOn Hurst Spit there is labelled a:-
Light Ho.The two large islands are labelled:-
PORTSEA ISLE
Hayling I.
castles
fortifications
Hurst Castle
Calshot Castle
Monkton Ft.
Haslar Hosp.
[fortifications around Gosport]
[fortifications around Portsmouth and the dockyard]
Southsea Cast.
Lumps Ft.
Cumberland Ft.
Rivers are drawn by a wiggly double line narrowing to a single line tapering upstream. Braiding might be suggested, as on the Avon around Ringwood. Some rivers are labelled, eg:-
R. Test
Blackwater R.Most of the Hampshire river systems are represented, without much detail.
hill hachuring
A little relief is indicated by hill.hachuring, but not much, and not enough to give a sense of the shape of the county. Hills are not labelled (?).
forests
trees
NEW FORESTis labelled, and much of its area has dotting to suggest rough country.
Some parks are drawn in outline with fence palings, the interior pecked and tinted green. Some are labelled, eg:-
Hackwood P.
Rosehill Parkor have a house name, eg:-
Dogmersfield Ho.
The county boundary is a dashed line, emphasised by pink/red tinting which follows the boundary pretty inexactly. The detached part of Hampshire in West Sussex is shown. Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:-
SUSSEXSome settlements, roads, and perhaps canals, are drawn outside the county for the sake of continuity.
table of hundreds
electoral data
Hundred boundaries are dotted lines. The hundred areas are labelled with a number referring to a table of hundreds printed upper left:-
REFERENCE TO THE DIVISIONS HUNDREDS & LIBERTIES
Andover Division
Andover Hundred ... 1
Wherwell ... Do. ... 2
Thorngate ... Do. ... 3
King's Sombourn ... Do. ... 4
Barton Stacey ... Do. ... 5
Kingsclere Division
Chutely Hundred ... 6
Evingar ... Do. ... 7
Kingsclere ... Do. ... 8
Overton ... Do. ... 9
Pastrow ... Do. ... 10
Basingstoke Division
Basingstoke Hundred ... 11
Bermondspit ... Do. ... 12
Crondall ... Do. ... 13
Holdshott ... Do. ... 14
Odiham ... Do. ... 15
Mitcheldever ... Do. ... 16
Alton Division
Alresford New Liberty ... 17
Alton Hundred ... Do. ... 18
Bishop's Sutton ... Do. ... 19
Selborne ... Do. ... 20
East Meon... Do. ... 21
Finch Dean ... Do. ... 22
Fawley Division
Bountisborough Hundred ... 23
Buddlesgate ... Do. ... 24
Fawley ... Do. ... 25
Mainsborough ... Do. ... 26
Mansbridge ... Do. ... 27
Portsdown Division
Alverstoke & Gosport Liberty ... 28
Bps. Waltham Hd. (part of) ... 29
Bosmere Hundred ... 30
Fareham ... Do. ... 31
Hambledon ... Do. ... 32
Havant Liberty ... 33
Meon Stoke Hundred ... 34
Portsdown ... Do. ... 35
Titchfield ... Do. ... 36
New Forest Est. Divisn.
Beaulieu Liberty ... 37
Bps. Waltham Hd. (part of) ... 38
Dibden Liberty ... 39
Lymington Do. ... 40
New Forest Hundred ... 41
Redbridge ... Do. ... 42
Ringwood ... Do. ... 43
New Forest Wst. Divisn.
Breamore Liberty ... 44
Christchurch Hundred ... 45
Fordingbridge ... Do. ... 46
Ringwood ... Do. ... 47
Westover Liberty ... 48
City of Winchester & Stoke Liberty ... 49
Borough of Portsmouth ... 50
Town & County of Southampton ... 51
Isle of Wight Division
East Medina Liberty ... 52
West Medina ... Do. ... 53Note: Ringwood Hundred twice? 'Do.' with Alton not wanted, Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth presumably not in a division?
The great division of the county into:-
NORTH DIVISION
SOUTH DIVISIONis not shown in this table of electoral data, but is labelled on the map (if you look hard); its boundary is a dot dash line, tinted pink/red for emphasis. This division dates from the first Reform Act 1832.
Hidden in all the other detail are dash and circle boundaries around each of the boroughs:-
Andover, Christchurch, Lymington, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Winchester. The boundaries are sometimes close in to the town, and sometimes far out; they are not at all obvious, and I would they were supported by a list of boroughs.
street map
distances from London
street plan perhaps with shaded area for buildings; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62
PETERSFIELD / 54
ANDOVER / 63
Alton / 47
Stockbridge / 66The figures are the distances from London. The boroughs are delimited by a dash and circle boundary line.
Upper Wallop
Selbourne
Thorpe
Nth. OakleyThis style of lettering is used generally for features on the map.
Roads are drawn with a double line, solid or dotted presumable indicating fenced or unfenced road boundaries. The roads are graded: major roads broader, one line bold, perhaps indicating a turnpike? minor roads narrower.
Canals are drawn with a curvy triple line, light bold light, perhaps labelled. It is possible to see:-
Basingstoke Can.
Andover & Stockbridge C.
Southampton Canal
Shaded areas south west of Lymington are labelled:-
Salt Works
Telegraph
Farnham Beacon
Railways are drawn by a double line with cross ties. The lines are engraved over existing features on the map, obscuring features and labels willy-nilly. The original map, 1833, had no railways. Later maps have more railways as a broad bold line:-
| map edition | - | 1831 | 1848? | 1865? | 1870s? | ||||
| London and Southampton Railway | |||||||||
| 1840 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway | |||||||||
| 1842 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Chichester to Portsmouth branch railway | |||||||||
| 1847 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Eastleigh to Salisbury branch railway | |||||||||
| 1847 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Southampton and Dorchester Railway | |||||||||
| 1847 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Berkshire and Hampshire Railway | |||||||||
| 1848 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Fareham to Cosham branch railway | |||||||||
| 1848 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway | |||||||||
| 1849 | Y | Y | Y | ||||||
| Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway | |||||||||
| 1854 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Lymington Railway | |||||||||
| 1858 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Portsmouth Railway | |||||||||
| 1859 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway | |||||||||
| 1862 | part | Y | |||||||
| Bishops Waltham Railway | |||||||||
| 1863 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Stokes Bay Railway and Pier | |||||||||
| 1863 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Petersfield Railway | |||||||||
| 1864 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Andover and Redbridge Railway | |||||||||
| 1865 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Mid Hants Railway | |||||||||
| 1865 | Y | Y | |||||||
| Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway | |||||||||
| 1866 | Y | ||||||||
| Hayling Railway | |||||||||
| 1867 | bldg | Y |
Published in 'A New British Atlas: comprising A Series of 54 Maps, Constructed from the most Recent Surveys and engraved by Sydney Hall. London. Chapman & Hall, Strand. 1833.'
Published in other editions 1834, 1836.
Published in 'A Travelling Atlas' 1842, 1843, 1846, 1848, 1860.
Published in 'A New County Atlas: with all the Coach and Rail Roads accurately laid down and coloured. Carefully corrected to the end of the Session of 1846. Engraved by S. Hall. London: Chapman and Hall, Strand, 1847.'
