Research Notes


Map Group KENTISH 1823

Kentish 1823
Great Map of Hampshire, scale about 5 inches to 1 mile, projected series in many sheets, by Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish, Kingsgate Street, Winchester, about 1823.
Only one sheet in this series is known(?), sheet 36 south of Winchester; it is believed this is a trial sheet for a project which never found subscriptions to support its costs, the scale of the project, about 1 to 13000, about 5 inches to 1 mile, was too ambitious.
INTRODUCTION
MAP FEATURES
HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE
BACKGROUND MATERIAL
REFERENCES
ITEMS in the Collection
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INTRODUCTION
ONE SHEET
Only one sheet of this map series is in the HMCMS Map Collection; no one else seems to have any other sheet, or even to have heard much of Nathaniel Kentish! It is suggested that the single sheet is the only sheet ever produced; that this was a trial sheet, perhaps to show to potential subscribers in a prospectus for the whole project, which never happened.
The title on the map includes the phrase 'part of' which would not usually be found on a sheet from a multisheet series; the usage supports the idea that this is a trial sheet.
The area covered by the sheet is just south of Winchester: part of St Cross, Winchester; Chilcomb; Compton, Compton and Shawford; Otterbourne; Twyford; Owslebury; etc.
The scale of the map is almost 5 inches to 1 mile. This is unreasonably large for the period to which the project belongs; it is not surprising that the project appears to have failed to find support.

Sheet Corners
The four corners of Kentish's sheet were located as well as possible in coordinates of the National Grid (using OS 2.5 inch Pathfinder sheet 1264, Winchester South and Chandler's Ford, SU42/52).
top left SU44122887
top right SU54012894
bottom left SU44292100
bottom right SU53932102
For simplicity take this as putting Kentish's sheet centred at SU49092496 say SU491250, width 9.77Km = 6.07miles ie 6 miles, height 7.90Km = 4.91miles ie 5 miles (being naive about errors!) The locating of the corners is not accurate enough to make deductions about the projection, or orientation of the sheet in relation to the National Grid.
Using this sheet as base a grid of sheets was constructed over an outline sketch map of Hampshire, including areas now in Dorset. This gives us an idea of Kentish's overall plan, his 'index sheet' for the project (image file KEN1NDX.gif which has sheet 36 picked out bold, pixel reference 155,145,188,170). Two suppositions may be made from this index sheet:-
Supposition: Kentish laid out his sheets to capture the edges of the county at the bottom left at his desired scale of about 5 inches to 1 mile; dubious. An alternative plan would have been to ensure that Winchester was centred in a sheet; on the actual plan Winchester is at the very bottom of the above the trial sheet, with parts of the outskirts on the trial sheet.
Supposition: Kentish labelled sheets from top to bottom, left to right, ie:-
      1 2 3 4 5 ?
    6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
  ? 21 22 23 24 25 26 ?
    27 28 29 30 31 32 33
    34 35 36 37 38 39  
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47  
48 49 50 51 52 53 54    
55 56 57 58 59 60 61    
62 63 64            
The trial sheet can be MADE TO COME OUT as number 36, to confirm the uncertain reading of the smudged sheet number. Numbering in other ways cannot make this sheet come out to 36 or anything near; nor to the 16 mentioned in newspaper notices.
There is the wild thought that sheets were numbered out of spatial sequence, but in the sequence of intended surveying; this seems pretty unlikely.
Supposition: there would have been about 64 sheets in the complete Great Map of Hampshire. Queries (?) are shown in the sheet diagram where there could have been more sheets; and, do notice that the county boundary used here is very inexact.

LITHOGRAPHY
Lithography was not the usual way of printing maps at the period.
The process was invented by Aloys Senefelder, in Bavaria, about 1798. It was kept a secret until patented in England, 1801, and was only well established as a printing method by about 1825. Kentish appears to have been ahead of his time.
(There was a lithographic printer in Winchester by 1825.)
Some coments about lithography have been received from Ian Mumford who has not seen the actual map, via Peter Collier (Portsmouth University). The size of the litho stone, at least 30x25inches, is large but not exceptional. The Admiralty were experimenting with stones 3x3feet about this time. The map is probably printed by from two stones; one for the hill hachures and the other for the line detail. The map might well have been printed in London.
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MAP FEATURES
title     Printed at the top is:-
PART OF KENTISH'S GREAT MAP OF HAMPSHIRE.
map maker     Printed at the bottom is:-
Drawn from Actual survey & Published by & for Nat. Lipscomb Kentish, Winchester.
scale     The map has no scale line. An estimate of the scale was made by measuring a length of road delimited by milestones. 2 miles = 247.5mm, giving a scale about:-
1 to 13000
assuming a modern mile, about:-
5 inches to 1 mile
watermark    
The paper is Whatman paper with date 1823, watermark:-
J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1823

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HAMPSHIRE CHRONICLE

1 February 1819, p.4
MR. NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH, son of the late Mr. Kentish, Surgeon, of Winchester, respectfully informs his Friends and the Public, he has taken a House in Winchester, where he purposes carrying on the Profession of LAND TITHES and TIMBER SURVEYOR, CIVIL ENGINEER and ESTATE AGENT, in all its branches; and that it will ever be his first care to be found worthy the support of those Gentlemen, &c. who may be pleased to honour him with their commands.
Mr. K. begs to refer those who may desire further information respecting his qualifications, to Mr. Crabtree of Wokingham, Berks. in whose employ he has lived a number of years.

17 July 1820, p.1
WINCHESTER
MR. NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH, of Winchester, respectfully acquaints his Friends and the Public, that he has constantly on register, for Sale, and to Let, a great variety of Town and Country Residences, Farms, Manors, and Estates; also applications for almost every description of Landed Property; and that the greatest publicity he is enabled to give to the wishes of his employers, by means of an Agent in the first situation in London, united with his own exertions, generally supersedes the necessity of advertising, and seldom fails of suiting them; and that, with describing to the world the names of Estates, or the persons disposing of them, where secrecy is desirable.
Money advanced on mortgage; and any amount ready to invest in the purchase of freehold property of inviting character.
As Mr. Kentish makes no charge whatever for his personal efforts, or those of his London Agent, to let, sell, purchase, or take houses or estates, unless successful, except in case of actual negociation, he is obliged to request all letters may be sent free of postage, and they will receive immediate attention.
Land, Tithes, & Timber,
Mapped, Surveyed, & Valued.
Levels taken to any extent; and prospectuses drawn up of projected alterations in roads to avoid hills, &c. shewing advantages, saving in labour, &c. with estimates of the expenses; also canals, ornamental ponds, and sheets of water, designed and executed.
Old Maps corrected, reduced, or enlarged.

22 April 1822
MR. NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH, OF WINCHESTER, Civil Engineer & Estate Agent,
HAVING invariably found that his modes of conducting Agency Business only required to be known to be approved, respectfully announces that ...
...
Land, Tithes, and Timber, mapped, surveyed, and valued. Levels taken to any extent; and Prospectuses drawn up of projected Alterations in Roads, to avoid hills, &c. shewing the advantages, saving in labour, &c. &c. with estimates of the expenses; also Canals, Ornamental Fish Ponds, and Sheets of Water, designed and executed. Old Maps corrected, reduced, or enlarged.

13 May 1822 p.1 is a general advertisement for:-
MR. NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH,
OF WINCHESTER,
LAND SURVEYOR,
Civil Engineer, and Estate Agent, ...

21 October 1822
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
Prospectuses may be had gratis, at any of the Booksellers in the County; Mr. Cary's, St. James's Street, London; and at Mr. Kentish's, Kingsgate Street, Winchester; of A MAP OF HAMPSHIRE, to be made upon an entirely new principle, quite original, and upon a larger scale than any Map of the same extent ever before published; accompanied by a complete Topographical Description of the County, compiled from the best and latest Authorities; aided by the resident Clergy and Gentry, and by official information from the Clerk of the Peace, Treasurer and other County Officers, according to permission to apply to the proper sources for the same, granted by his Grace the LORD LIEUTENANT, and the HIGH SHERIFF; sanctioned also by the approbation of many of the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy; and by that of the Right Rev. the LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, and the Magistrates and Landed Proprietors of Hampshire in particular.
SUBSCRIBERS
... [list] ...
Mr. N. Lipscomb Kentish returns his grateful acknowledgement to those Noblemen and Gentlemen who have honoured him with their names ...
... in particular he begs the early attention of land owners and residents within 5 miles of Winchester, his survey of that district (No. 16, on the Index Map), being already commenced; and he respectfully solicits their permission for himself and assistants, to walk over such ground as may happen to be necessary for the purposes of his Survey, pledging himself to do as little injury as possible.

25 November 1822
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
PROSPECTUSES of this Work may be had, gratis, at the Offices of this Paper. and at the principal Booksellers in the county; also at Mr. Carey's, St. James's-street, London, and at Mr. KENTISH'S, Kingsgate-street, Winchester: a perusal of which is earnestly solicited, from which it will be obvious, that considerable advantage may be lost to Gentlemen of Landed Property, in the neighbourhood of Winchester in particular, if they neglect to give the subject early consideration; as the Conditions, as well as the Terms stated in the Prospetus, will not be departed from.
The loan of any Plan, made from measurement of any Parish or Estate, within five or six miles of Winchester, will now be most serviceable to Mr. K in the prosecution of his Survey, and will be most thankfully accepted. The List of Subscribers, at presnt exceeding an Hundred in number, and comprising many of the first Names in the County (and out of it), will be published in the first paper in January.
Notice the emphasis on the Winchester area, which was presumably being surveyed about this time.

9 December 1822
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
PROSPECTUSES of this Work may be had gratis at the Offices of this Paper, and at the principal Booksellers in the county; also at Mr. Carey's, St. James's-street, London; and at Mr. Kentish's, Kingsgate-street, Winchester, a perusal of which is earnestly solicited, from which it will be obvious, that considerable advantage may be lost to Gentlemen of Landed Property, in the neighbourhood of Winchester in particular, if they neglect to give the subject consideration before the expiration of the present month, as the Conditions, as well as the Terms, stated in the Prospectus, will not be departed from.
The loan of any Plan, made from measurement, of an Parish or Estate, within five or six miles of Winchester, will now be most serviceable to Mr. K. in the prosecution of his Survey, and will be most thankfully accepted.
The list of Subscribers, at present exceeding an Hundred in number, and comprising many of the first names in the County (and out of it), will be published in the first paper in January.
There is a slight feel of desperation in the wording of this advertisement.

6 January 1823
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Land Proprietors and Occupiers, and Residents of the County of Hants.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
THE occasion on which I have the honour of addressing you requiring a general application from me, I have recourse to the present as the most ready means of making it, and the only one by which it is possible to avoid omissions, which it would be painful to me to be guilty of.
In prosecuting my Survey of this County, as there is not an acre in it which it may not be necessary, or at least desirable, for me to visit. I beg respectfully to solicit of each Owner and Occupier of Land a perusal of my PROSPECTUS (which may be had gratis of the principal Booksellers in Hampshire, of Mr. Cary, St. James's -street, London, or at my house), which will explain the purpose for which I now crave permission for myself and Assistants to walk over such parts of Estates as may happen to be necessary, in order to make an accurate and complete MAP OF HAMPSHIRE, upon so large a scale as to admit of Plans of Farms and Manors being introduced upon it for their owners; and I am the more encouraged to make this request from the high patronage of the great Civil and Ecclesiastical Authorities of the County, with which my undertaking is honoured; from the sanction which I have further received from the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, whose names appear in my present List of Subscribers; and still more from the handsome letters I have received (above an hundred in number) from the greatest Landed proprietors in the County, granting me full permission to go over all parts of their Estates, and further tendering me their services in aid of my proceedings; to each of whom - to those who have not yet given me their names, but wait, as many have informed they do, to see the first Sheet of the Map, yet have politely expressed their good wishes for the success of my undertaking, I beg to express my warmest acknowledgements, as well as to those more particularly whose names are subjoined, who have in the present early stage of my proceedings honoured me with their support, and to whom, and to his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, and the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of WINCHESTER in particular, I beg to express my grateful thanks, and shall ever acknowledge that I am chiefly indebted for my success, should the Work prove so creditable to me as they are pleased to anticipate, or so useful to you and to the Public as it is my hope that it will be, and will be my ambition to make it. In different parts of Hampshire, as there may probably be many names entered as Subscribers which I have not yet received, I trust Gentlemen will be assured that such alone is the cause of any omissions which I have to regret; and I beg them to accept my thanks for the favour of their support; and out of the numerous letters I have received with valuable information from the Clergy, and offers of Plans made from Survey, and other services from Gentlemen of every rank, being fearful that I may inadvertently, through the press of business, in some instances, have omitted to answer them, I appeal to the urbanity which occasioned their polite communications, to pardon my remissness, and to impute it to the real cause which I have stated, and beg them to accept my apologies, with my best thanks for their kindness.
Authentic Plans, already made from Survey, of Parishes or Estates in any part of Hampshire, being extremely useful to me, I shall be grateful for the loan of any such with which I may be favoured, and of which the greatest care shall be taken; and any assistance that may be rendered me in [understanding] the correct Boundaries of Parishes; and the communication of information not generally known, respecting any part of Hampshire, will oblige and receive attention.
I cannot conclude without again and more specifically thanking the Clergy, for their numerous and polite answers to my Circular Letter, and for the valuable information already offered me towards the Topography of the County: and I beg in particular to thank those Gentlemen who have had the consideration to send their letters to me free of expense; and take the liberty of requesting others to consider, that though the postage of one letter is not a great object to pay, the number which I daily receive makes it a serious consideration to an individual.
As it will be obvious to every one that without great encouragement it would be impossible for me to accomplish so great and expensive an undertaking, I respectfully beg leave to mention that the patronage and support of Gentlemen who approve of my design, will, if conferred upon me in the present early stage of my proceedings, be doubly valuable.
I have the honour to be,
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
With profound respect,
Your obliged and very humble servant,
NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH.
Winchester, Jan. 1, 1823.
Subscribers at present known.
His grace the Duke of Wellington
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham
The High Sheriff of Hampshire
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Hereford
The Right Rev. the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College
The Right Hon. the Earl of Malmesbury
The Right Hon. the Earl of Northesk
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Gage
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston
The Right Hon. William Sturges Bourne, M P
Sir Thomas Baring, Bart M P
Sir Lowry Cole, Bart
Sir Thomas Freeman Heathcote, Bart
Sir Charles Ogle, Bart
Sir Henry Joseph Tichborne, Bart
Sir George Thomas Staunton, Bart
John Fleming, Esq M P
W Chamberlayne, Esq M P
The Very Rev the Dean of Winchester
The Worshipful the Mayor of Winchester
The Literary Institution of the Isle of Wight
Rev Thomas Atwood
Rev E Beckwith, jun
Rev George Chard
Rev R Durnford
Rev Cornelius Green
Rev John Harwood
Rev Jos Hollis
Rev Henry Hopkins
Rev - Hemus
Rev J H Jacob
Rev Wm Lipscomb
Rev C Lipscomb
Rev Wm Lee
Rev Francis North
Rev Charles Richards
Rev F W Swanton
Rev Thomas Smith
Rev Aubrey John Veck
Rev Charles Walters
Rev T Westcombe
Rev J O Zillwood
Adams, Geo esq
Adnams, Mr
Alchin, W T esq
Atcheson, N esq
Barnes, Wm esq
Bower, T W esq
Bown, Mr
Burt, Mr
Beaufoy, J H esq
Barnes, George, esq
Bowles, Charles, esq
Bedford, Mrs
Compton, H C esq
Cole, Mrs
Caiger, F esq
Chard, Geo esq MD
Cole, Mr F
Coles, Mr Wm
Corfe, - esq
Coxe, R B esq
Coxe, Mrs E
Crabtree, Richard, esq
Dewell, Mrs
Dunn, John, esq
Ede, James, esq
Faithfull, Wm esq
Foote, Admiral
Forder, Mr G
Green, Peter, esq
Greetham, Charles, esq
Gunner, Wm esq
Hatch, Mr J R
Hawker, Lieut Col
Hawkes, Mr F
Hornstead, H esq
Hollis, George, esq
Hoper, M esq
Kentish, E esq M D
Knight, Messrs H and R
Knight, Thomas, esq
Lampard, James esq
Lewis, Mr J T
Lipscomb, Wm esq
Lipscomb, Mr John
Lyford, G K esq
Mackinnon, W A esq
Miller, - esq
Nevill, Wm esq
Nicholas, Wm esq
Nicholls, Samuel, esq
Osborn, Mr
Padwick, Wm jun esq
Passingcombe, J esq
Portal, John esq
Phillips, Mr
Purvis, George esq
Pritchard, Capt R N
Preston, John esq
Ralfe, James, esq
Raphael, John, esq
Ravens, Miss
Rogers, Mr W
Royle, Mr William
Sheddon, R esq
Simonds, Wm esq
Slatter, Miss
[ ]
Trimmer, Mr
Turner, N esq
Upham, Mr
Walter, Henry, esq
Warden, J esq
Waterworth, T L esq
Waterworth, Mr C
Whicher, Mr John
Wickham, Wm esq
Willis, Mr
Winter, Barnard, esq
Woodham, Thos esq
Woods, Henry, esq
Wooldridge, Chas esq
Wilson, F C esq
-, James, esq
Notice the Lipscombs in the list, clergymen and others; and one Kentish, a doctor.

17 March 1823 p.1
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
To the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Land Proprietors and Occupiers, and particularly to the Resident Clergy & Gentry of the County of Hants
MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN
IN compiling a Topographical Description of this County, as I must be chiefly dependent on you for correct local information, I respectfully crave your consideration of my Prospectus, and of this self evident fact, that if one person in each parish would but take the trouble of furnishing the particulars of it, by answers to the subjoined queries, such assistance would enable me to produce a most pleasing and valuable Work, which would be the more interesting in proportion as its accuracy might be relied on.
I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of many valuable answers from the Resident Clergy to my Circular Letter, and beg those gentlemen who have favoured me with them, to accept my best thanks. I also beg to present my sincere thanks to those numerous gentlemen (Laymen) who have given the subject their attention, and have been pleased to furnish me with a description of their own Seats, Manors, Parishes, &c.; and I have the high gratification to state, that I have not only received the most flattering marks of approval of my plan from my Patrons and Subscribers generally, but find most gentlemen residing in the county, especially those who have property in it, take an interest in seeing their residence and neighbourhood correctly described, so much so as to convince me, that if this desire to promote the usefulness and accuracy of the Work I am compiling, should not become general, and if it is not aided by the contribution of authentic local information from those gentlemen whose long residence in and acquaintance with the various parts of the county, enable them to furnish it, and point them out as the most natural and legitimate source of it, it will not be to want of urbanity or inclination in the county to assist in the production of a Work, the design for which the highest authorities have done me the honour to commend, and to pronounce that, if executed according to it, it will be one of unprecedented local interest and utility; but to my inability to point out, with sufficient force and clearness, the nature and merits of the case, and want of means to excite attention to it; wherefore I respectfully solicit of my subscribers and friends to assist me with their interest, in furtherance of my design, as they already pleased to do with their support.
It has hitherto been my greatest misfortune to find that mistake very prevalent (even with gentlemen who have themselves made the observation, that if the Clergy would generally reply to my Circular Letter, their assistance would be most valuable), of making exceptions in favour of their own parishes, by stating that there is nothing of importance to communicate respecting them; or nothing more than I am acquainted with: may I be permitted to reply to this not very powerful argument, that where this really happens to be the case it is rather a reason why I should more hope to receive their answers, because they would be given at little trouble to themselves, although they would prevent me much trouble, and which is still worse, uncertainty; and to ask, if at an election the voters were to observe generally with respect to the candidate whose interest they were in, that though they sincerely wished him success, as a single vote would be of little importance, each were to think it could not be worth while to vote at all, what would become of the candidate with such supporters?
I respectfully solicit of the Resident Clergy, who have not yet returned answers to my Circular Letter, to be so obliging as to answer it; the earlier, the greater the favour will be esteemed; and beg of all gentlemen residing on their own estates, to consider this request particularly made to them, that they would be pleased to furnish me with answers to the following queries respecting the parishes they reside in, and thus kindly contribute original and authentic information towards a complete TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF HAMPSHIRE:-
1. Etymology of the parish, and of any hamlet, manor, river, hill, or thing, of a separate name within it; and whether any and what manor is co-extensive with the parish, or what manors are comprised within it?
2. Chief productions?
3. Soil, minerals, &c?
4. Antiquities, charters, local customs, &c.?
5. Church, description of? to whom dedicated? by whom built? and when? - remarkable monuments, &c. within it?
6. Chapels, of what denomination, &c.?
7. Charities, when and by whom endowed?
8. Manufactures?
9. Fairs, markets, &c.?
10. Public establishments?
11. Gentlemen's seats?
12. Other information not comprised in answers to the foregoing queries? any historical fact, or tradition relating to the parish, or anything in it? or any circumstances of interest, or occurence worth recording, that should appear under the head of ---- ?
The great Map to which this Topography will be an Appendix, is in a state of considerable forwardness; but the length and severity of the winter having impeded all out of doors operations, so much beyond what it was possible to calculate upon, I trust no apology will be required by a lenient public for the delay in the publication of the first Sheet of the map beyond the 1st of May, the time proposed; for anxious as I must be for its publication, being still more anxious that it should deserve your approbation when published, and having the strongest reasons to heighten my anxiety to make it as perfect as it is possible to be made, I shall, acting on the advice of my friends and subscribers generally, not hurry it, but endeavour so much the more to render it worthy of the distinguished patronage with which I am supported, and by which I hope to be further honoured when it does appear before the public.
If the reader has not seen my former Letter in this Paper of the 6th of January, I would respectfully crave his perusal of it; and with feelings of unfeigned gratitude to the gentlemen of the county in general for the great encouragement afforded me in the prosecution of the arduous work I am engaged in (by the loan of authentic surveys; by the communication of local information; and by general permission to go over such grounds as may happen to be necessary for the purpose of my survey), and to those gentlemen in particular comprised in that most respectable lst of names which I have the gratification to call subscribers to, and promoters of it,
I have the honour to remain,
My Lords and Gentlemen,
Your obliged and very humble servant,
NAT. LIPSCOMB KENTISH.
Winchester, March.15, 1823.

16 June 1823 p.1
HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTH OF ENGLAND LAND AGENCY OFFICE
MR. NAT LIPSCOMB KENTISH, of Winchester, Land, Tithes, and Timber Surveyor, Civil Engineer, and Estate Agent, respectfully announces that his opportunities of facilitating the wishes of persons desirous of Selling or Letting Landed Property in HAMPSHIRE, are so materially assisted by the local knowledge occasioned him by the very particular Survey and Topography he is engaged in of that county, as to have decided him on establishing in this central situation, the most complete 'Land Agency Office for the South of England,' at which Landed Business of every description will be conducted in the most liberal terms.
...

8 September 1823 p.1
KENTISH'S HAMPSHIRE
MR. N LIPSCOMB KENTISH has the honour to announce to the Proprietors of Lands, and Residents in the neighbourhood of Lyndhurst, and between East Wellow and Brockenhurst, and in the neighbourhood of Botley, and between Bishop's Stoke and Titchfield, and in the towns of Stockbridge and Romsey, and intermediate neighbourhood, that the first sheet of his MAP of HAMPSHIRE being in the hands of the Engraver [He] is now engaged in the Survey of the district immediately surrounding Southampton ([No. th]e Index Map, and that he is about to pr[oceed with] several Assistants, on the [Survey ] districts, numbered, upon the Index Map [ ] and 15 respectively, comprising the [ ] above named; and he [respectfully ] gentlemen whose property may [ in the] said districts, that after the Survey of either of them is commenced, his terms for surveying Estates will be increased, as mentioned in the Prospectus of the Work; and that the conditions, as well as the terms therein stated, will not be departed from.
Mr Kentish trusts he has in no instance omitted to express his thanks to those numerous gentlemen who have kindly proferred their services: and he respectfully solicits the loan of authentic Plans, and communications of Topographical Information, which assistance will be gratefully accepted.
Mr Kentish, and Assistants, while engaged in the Survey of Southampton and its environs, have Apartments at No.97 High-street. near the Quay, where communications may be addressed, and local information will be thankfully received; and Mr Kentish will be happy to speak with any gentleman, who may do him the favour to call upon him, on the subject of the local Work he is engaged in.
[asterisk] An Index Map may be seen, and Prospectuses of the above work had, gratis, at the principal Booksellers in the County; at Mr CARY's, St. James's-street, London; or at Mr KENTISH'S, Winchester; an EARLY PERUSAL OF WHICH may prove of considerable importance to persons of Landed Property in Hampshire; but at present to those in the district above mentioned in particular.

27 December 1824 p.1
MAP OF HAMPSHIRE
MR. N. LIPSCOMB KENTISH respectfully announces to the Nobility, Clergy, Gentry, and Residents of the county of Hants, subscribers to his late intended Great Map, and others, that having too late found his gigantic undertaking to be impracticable, but being still resolved on making and publishing an accurate and handsome Map of the County, on a more moderate scale, he has formed an arrangement with the respectable firm of GREENWOOD, PRINGLE, and Co. of Regent-street, Pallmall, London, whwo are publishing a Series of beautiful County Maps, and that, in conjunction with them, he will speedily make, and publish by subscription, an elegantly engraved MAP of HAMPSHIRE, including the Isle of Wight, on a Scale of One inch to a mile, in Six sheets, price Four Guineas.
And in behalf of himself and his colleagues, Mr Kentish respectfully solicits the subscribers to his late intended Great Map, and the gentlemen and inhabitants of the county in general, to support the present undertaking.
The fact of Messrs. Greenwood, Pringle, and Co. having already published Maps of sixteen Counties (specimens of which may be seen at Mr Kentish's office, Winchester,) renders it unecessary to speak of the style and execution of the work. All that the proprietors therefore pledge themselves is, that no county being more richly diversified by towns and villages, parks, woods, downs, forests, and by the sea, it shall be inferior to none; and they confidently hope, in sparing neither pains nor expense, to make it a favourite specimen. It will be embellished by a View of Winchester Cathedral.
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BACKGROUND MATERIAL
Kentish Letter    There is a letter from Nathaniel Kentish, surveyor, Kingsgate Street, Winchester, among the papers of the Cadlands estate, deposited in Hampshire Record Office; call number 3m60/9.
The letter is labelled:-
Winchester
November 13th. 1823
and addressed to:-
Robt. Drummond Esqr.
Sir
I yesterday embraced the opportunity afforded me by a few leisure hours at Southampton to cross the River at Cadlands in the hope of finding you at home and of having the honor of personally presenting you my thanks for your great kindness shewn to my Assistant Mr. Kemp, and also with interest to speak to you upon the subject of a Survey of your Estate, which I understood from him, you entertained some thoughts of employing me to make, and that you had been pleased to express a wish to see me upon.
Mr. Mundy obliged me in your absence with a sight of your very beautiful Plans, & not doubting that they were correct at the time they were drawn, I am of opinion they might (or copies of them might) be examined and corrected so as to make a perfect Plan of the Estate as it now is without Surveying the whole - but at very modest terms at which, previously to the publication of that part of my County Map in which your charming Estate will be emphasised, a new complete and accurate Plan upon a large Scale from actual Survey, of the whole Property as it now lies (and a reduced copy of the same coloured to represent Arable, Pasture, Wood, &c. according to its true state upon your copy of my County Map without any additional expense whatever) may be obtained, perhaps it would be attended with but little more expense to have the whole now properly executed, than to have the present Plans corrected, the alteration of which must be very considerable.
I purpose doing myself the pleasure of crossing from Southampton on Wednesday or Thursday next, if either of those days should suit your convenience to see me, and if any other day would be more agreeable to you, perhaps you will do me the honor of a line to make your own appointment
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I beg to subscribe myself, Sir
Your obliged & very humble [ ]
Nat Lipscomb Kentish
There are notes written upon the letter later:-
Novr. 20[th]. 1823
Agreed with Mr Kentish that he should make a Map of the Estate at the rate of Sixpence [per Acre]
and:-
Re making a Map of Estate agreed to by A.R.D 1823

Pigot 1823-24, 1828    Pigot's Directory for Hampshire, 1823-24 lists:-
Kentish, Nathl. L. author of the great Map of Hants. Kingsgate-st.
in Winchester. 1828 has the same entry.

UBR 1784    The Universal British Directory 1784, Hampshire, has:-
Kentish, Nathaniel, Surgeon, Apothecary, and Man midwife, Penthouse
this is NLK's father.

Tithe Award    Nathaniel Kentish was the surveyor for the Rogate area, West Sussex, for its enclosure act, 1820; the award being made in 1825. The commissioner for the award was firstly Charles Osborn, of a family of West Meon, Hampshire, and later his son. (note from John Chapman, University of Portsmouth)

Greenwood    Kentish was used as a surveyor by C and J Greenwood, 1825-26. His name is included, in quite a small font, in the map's title:-
MAP / OF / the COUNTY of / SOUTHAMPTON / From an Actual Survey / Made in the Years 1825 & 1826. / BY C. & J. GREENWOOD, / and N. L. KENTISH.
(His name is not included on the other 1826 edition of the map.)

Australia    There is a letter in a series of papers in the British Library which is listed as being from Nathaniel Lipscomb Kentish, Australian Journalist. This is AddMS 40879 f.231 in the Ripon Papers, three volumes entitled 'Applications for Colonial Appointments, 1832' containing that and other correspondence of Lord Ripon (at that time Lord Gooderich) as Secretary for War and Colonies. 40879 is vol.2 of the 3; names H-M.
The letter reads:-
Parramatta
New South Wales
January 23rd. 1832
My Lord
I do myself the honour to forward to you a Pamphlet, not presuming to think it worthy of your perusal for any merit of its own; but only as bearing upon the interests of the Colony, on which account I flatter myself your Lordship may not be displeased at the opportunity of giving it your consideration.
My History of this and the [ ita] Colonies now in the Prefs, I do cherish the hope, may answer the end I propose to myself in publishing it, that of inducing emigration hither, to the great advantage of the Emigrants themselves, and of these five Colonies, as well as in some degree to that of the United Kingdom, by withdrawing a portion of her Redundant population - I shall do myself the further honour of forwarding a copy to your Lordship, by the first homeward bound ship from hence after its publication.
I have the honour to be my Lord Your Lordships humble and Obed Ser
Nathaniel Kentish
addressed to:-
The Right Honble
Lord Visct. Goderick
[ ]
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies
The coincidence of name strongly links this manuscript to the map maker of these notes (though the internal evidence of the letter does not include the Lipscomb used by the British Library indexer). However, it tells us little about him except that he may have emigrated to Australia, and become a journalist.
(Informed of letter by Tony Campbell, British Library, Map Library / transcript kindly done by Mike Montagu-Smith, Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire.)

Land Surveyor    Kentish is listed in:-
Bendall, Sarah: : Dictionary of Land Surveyors and Local Cartographers of Great Britain and Ireland, 1580-1850: British Library

This gives no more than already discovered from local sources, but extra data from Sarah Bendall personally is:-
Kentish mapped the estate of Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., in parishes of Martyr Worthy, Kings Wothy and Easton, Hampshire, 1823.
The map was sold at auction by Christies, London, 8 July 1988.
He mapped a town in Hampshire with C and J Greenwood; map in the Bodleian.

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REFERENCES
Norgate, Martin: 2000: Notes from Kentish's Map of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service:: ISBN 1 85975 380 9:: includes a facsimile of the one extant sheet of the map

ITEMS  in HMCMS Map Collection   (scanned item in bold)
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