Research Notes


Map Group KITCHIN 1771

Kitchin 1771
Road strip maps, including sections in Hampshire, derived from maps by John Ogilby, 1675, published by Thomas Kitchin, 59 Holborn Hill, London, 1771.

Published in a road book 'Ogilby's SURVEY Improv'd: OR Kitchin's New and Instructive Traveller's Companion, for the ROADS of ENGLAND and WALES. Laid down in a plain Intelligible manner, with all the TOWNS, VILLAGES, &c. thereon and the Distances in Single Miles on each Road. 1771. Printed for & Sold by T. Kitchin at No.59 Holborn Hill, London. ...'
The book size is wxh = 20x15.5cm.
Plates concerning Hampshire are tentatively listed below:-
from London to Salisbury and westwards.
from London to Portsmouth.
from Andover to Amesbury on to Bridgewater.
from Guildford to Chichester; AND from Midhurst to Winchester.
from Alresford to Poole; AND from Poole to Lymington; AND from Southampton to Winchester.
from Bagshot to Southampton; AND from Southampton to Salisbury.
from Basingstoke to Weymouth.
from Oxford to Chichester.
from Oxford to Salisbury, and on Poole.
The plates are amended and re-used by Carrington Bowles; see Bowles 1782, where the routes are more fully described.

also see:- 
button  related map group -- Bowles 1782

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