notes MacKenzie 1893

	Research Notes Map Group MacKENZIE 1893

MacKenzie 1893
	Map, Hampshire with the Isle of Wight, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by F S Weller, published by William MacKenzie, London, etc, about 1893?
	These notes are taken from a colour lithograph map of Hampshire by F S Weller, published by William MacKenzie, London, Edinburgh, Lothian and Glasgow, Strathclyde, about 1893. The map studied is in the Map Collection, Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA2002.501.
	The map size is: wxh, sheet = 26x32.5cm; wxh, map: 215x279mm. The size of the atlas it came from was about 17x26.5cm.
	MAP FEATURES
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MAP FEATURES
title map maker publisher	Printed lower left is:- HAMPSHIRE in moderately decorative block caps. Printed at the bottom:- F. S. Weller, F.R.G.S. / WILLIAM MACKENZIE, LONDON, EDINBURGH & GLASGOW.
orientation up is N	The map has no north indicator except the scales for latitude and longitude; it is printed with North at the top of the page. The fold of the sheet, running E-W across the map, suggests it was sideways in its atlas.
scale line scale	Printed lower left, under the title, is a:- Scale of Miles a graduated line labelled at mile intervals. The 10 miles = 39.0 mm gives a scale 1 to 412652 assuming a statute mile; the map scale is about:- 1 to 410000 6.5 miles to 1 inch Measuring the position of 21 towns on the map and comparing the town to town distances with the 'correct' values it is possible to get other estimates of the map's scale. This procedure uses DISTTAB.exe software. The map scale is about 1 to 412236, that is:- 1 to 410000 6.5 statute miles to 1 inch From the scale line the scale is about 1 to 410540; the same within errors, so the scale line has:- 1 map mile = 1 statute mile The correlation between the town to town distances on the map and the 'correct' values is 1.00.
lat and long scales	Printed in the map borders are scales of latitude and longitude; chequered at 1 minute intervals, labelled at 15 minute intervals. The map projection is rectangular. The map includes from 0d 43m to 1d 55m W, from 50d 29m to 51d 29m N; the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The ratio of latitude to longitude scales is 1.57, near enough the correct value, 1.58 for 51d N, for the map to be 'square'. Measurements and calculations see:- see:- MCK5LLS.txt lat and long measurements
table of symbols	A slight table of symbols is printed below the title, lower left:- Railways [chequered double line] Roads [double lines] Canals [bold line with a 'fringe']
sea area sea shaded sea tinted steamer routes	The sea are is shaded blue. Some sea areas are labelled, eg:- Southampton Water ENGLISH CHANNEL Hayling Bay Steamer routes to the Isle of Wight are shown by dashed lines; from Lymington to Yarmouth, Southampton to Cowes, and three from Portsmouth and Gosport to Ryde.
coast line foreshore harbours	The coast line is a plain line. There are dotted lines outlining foreshore and channels in harbours etc. The two large harbours are labelled:- Portsmouth Harbour Langstone Harbour
coastal defence castles	Coastal defences are almost entirely ignored. One of the old coastal defence castles, still in use, is labelled:- Hurst Castle There is no suggestion of the fortifications around Portsmouth and Gosport.
rivers ponds bridges	Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering at their heads. All the main river systems of the county are shown, with quite a number of tributaries. Many rivers are labelled, eg:- Riv. Enbourne Wallop Brook R. Titchfield / R. Meon Dead Water Some ponds are shown in outline. Some are labelled. They might be shaded blue like the sea:- Sowley Pond shaded but overprinted by the electoral area colouring, like the unlabelled pond at Blackmoor - one of the Woolmer Ponds, or not shaded, but overprinted as:- Fleet Pond Bridges are not particularly noticed, but are implied by roads crossing, and interrupting, streams. Notice particularly Northam Bridge over the Itchen.
relief hill hachuring	Relief is indicated by hill hachuring. Few of the hills are labelled.
woods forests vegetation	A couple of woodland areas are shown by groups of little tree and bush symbols, labelled:- Forest of Bere [East Bere Forest] New Forest Highden Wood [N of Clanfield] The last is outlined. A couple of heathland areas in the New Forest are labelled:- Beaulieu Heath Ashley Heath
parks	Some parks are shown, perhaps in outline with a pecked interior, or just labelled, eg:- Hackwood Park Cadland Park perhaps named by the house in the park:- Basing Ho.
county	The county boundary is a dash dot line tinted orange. The county area is coloured (see below). Adjacent counties are divided by similar boundaries, all coloured the same cream, and labelled, eg:- WILTSHIRE The detached part of Hampshire is not shown; it should not be by this date (?). Some places outside the county are marked to give continuity to the road and rail networks.
electoral data	Dotted boundaries tinted orange divide the county into electoral ?divisions, each with a colour tint for the area:- Northern or Basingstoke Western or Andover Eastern or Petersfield Southern or Fareham New Forest Dashed boundaries tinted orange delimit the larger boroughs, each tinted pink:- Winchester Southampton Portsmouth Christchurch
settlements street map	Settlements are marked by blocks, and a cross (+) for a church. They are differentiated by style of lettering.
city	group of blocks making some sort of street map; labelled in upright block caps:- WINCHESTER A cross marks the Cathedral, the two railways and stations are shown, the river is shown through the town.

town	group of blocks; labelled either in upright block caps, eg:- SOUTHAMPTON PORTSMOUTH or in upright lowercase text, eg:- Odiham Andover Stockbridge The lettering style does NOT correlate with the electoral areas.

village	a block or two and a cross; labelled in light italic lowercase text, eg:-
	E. Worldham Nether Wallop
hamlet	a block or two; labelled in light italic lowercase text, eg:- Batts Corner

roads	A comprehensive network of roads is drawn by double lines; light bold for major roads, light light for minor roads - the widths do not appear much different. Roads are extended outwith the county to nearby towns, Salisbury, Amesbury, Pewsey, etc etc.
railways	Railways are drawn by a chequered double line. The network includes the segment from Chesil Station, Winchester, south to join the London to Southampton Railway, which was opened 1891. It does not show the Meon Valley Line or the Basinsgtoke and Alton Light Railway, built in the 1900s.
canals	Only one canal is shown, labelled:- Basingstoke Canal
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