notes Morden 1708

	Research Notes Map Group MORDEN 1708

Morden 1708
	Map, Hampshire, scale about 7 miles to 1 inch? by Robert Morden, 1701 amended by Herman Moll, 1708; published 1708-46? By then Morden had died, in 1703.
	The map studied in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, is item HMCMS:FA1998.23.1. The sheet size is about 332x224mm, this was tipped in and folded in an atlas; plate size 169x209mm, map size to outer borders 167x206mm. The Map Collection copy was folded in text pages torn from the atlas MAGNA BRITANNIA, published by Thomas Cox about 1738. The page size of the book is 173x224mm. A transcription of these pages can be found in:-
	Cox 1738
	MAP FEATURES
	PUBLISHING HISTORY
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
title cartouche engraver	Plain box:- HAMPSHIRE by Robt. Morden. Printed lower left:- Sutton Nicholls sculp.
orientation compass rose	Added by Herman Moll, 1708; circle with lines for cardinal points, North marked by a fleur de lsy, East by a cross.
lat and long scales hours from Greenwich	Left, bottom and right margins, chequered in 5 minutes, marked at degrees and 10 minute intervals. Top margin Minutes of Time marked III, IIII, V, VI.
scale lines scale	3 scale lines, each 10 miles with divisions at 1 mile intervals, marked at 5 and 10. A Scale of 10 Miles / Great / Midle / Smal 10 Great Miles=38.4mm, scale 1 to 419100; 10 Midle Miles=36.2mm, 1 to 444570; 10 Smal Miles=34.1mm, 1 to 471948; all on the bad assumption of a modern statute mile; average scale about:- 1 to 445000 7 miles to 1 inch
coast line coast shaded sandbanks headlands	Sea coast shown by horizontal shading carried into harbours and river mouths. Hurst and Calshot Castles are shown on sandbanks, pecked. Hengistbury, Spit and Rams Heads are named. Harbours are not named.
coastal defence castles	circle and flag, eg:- St Andrews C tower and flag, eg:- Hurst C. Calshot C
rivers lakes bridges ferries	Rivers are shown by wiggly lines, tapering inland, perhaps starting as a double line, perhaps shaded in broad reaches. Braiding is shown south of Stockbridge and in other places. Some rivers are named, eg:- Stour R Test R ol Anton Itchin R or Alre A lake is shown at Highclere. Bridges are shown here and there. Their inclusion is confused by the possible addition of roads by Moll, 1708. (The earlier version is not available in the Map Collection for comparison.) Some are marked more neatly than others. A dotted double line is drawn across Hampton Water continuing the line of a road. Considering how it defaces other marks this probably added by Moll? The ferry is named:- Hith Ferry
relief hillocks	Very few hills are drawn; groups of hillocks east of Winchester, and by Quarley. The latter labelled:- Quarley & Hills Butser hill is labelled but no hill shown.
woods	Woods, forests, trees, are not shown. But:- Test wood is labelled.
parks	Parks are shown by a small ring of fence palings, for example at Hursley.
county	The county boundary is given by a dotted line. The surrounding counties are labelled in plain lettering.
hundreds table of hundreds	Hundred boundaries are indicated by dashed lines, the hundred labelled with a number referring to a table upper left:- Hundreds in Hamp Shire
settlements	Settlements are positioned by a circle; added elements grading them for importance.
city	circle, towers, cross; upright block cap lettering, ie:- WINCHESTER Chichester has no cross, but is outwith the county ...

town	circle and tower; upright lowercase lettering Alresford An old name might be given, eg:- Ringwood ol Regnum Silcester Old Vindonum Southampton Clausentum Some towns have 1 or 2 stars attached to their symbol which probable indicate which are boroughs sending Members to Parliament. (The number of stars does not, as it does elsewhere, indicate the number of Members.)

village	circle; italic lowercase lettering Bently There may be some variation in lettering size but it does not look a reliable guide to importance. A circle and name might be used for any feature. A name might not have a circle, perhaps marking a feature which is not a settlement, eg:- Onion Hole by Silchester, referring to the finds of onion pennies here, mentioned by William Camden.

roads	Roads are shown by a double line. It is believed that some of the roads in this version of the map were added by Herman Moll about 1708, even though some were drawn by Morden about 1690s. The roads appear to be confused, perhaps from their dual authorship. Roads are labelled to show where they go, out of the county; some of this labelling is upsidedown! eg:- to Senan to Pool The labelling seems to have been started on the east side of the county, and the map rotated as each label was added: when the west of the map is reached, it is upsidedown.
Route diagram:-

miscellaneous
salterns	Just by Lymington is:- Saltworks
copperas works	On the south west coast of the county is:- Bascomb Coperas
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	This is the 'smaller' county map by Robert Morden thought to have been drawn before about 1693 for Camden's Britannia but rejected in favour of a larger map. The 'new proposals' for the Camden Atlas, published 1693:-
	THE Maps mentioned in the former Proposals (though they were Design'd according to the newest Surveys very Correct, and contained all the Towns that were mentioned in Camden's yet) were not thought Large and Comprehensive enough, by some Judicious and Ingenious Gentlemen that assist in the Work, Who think it proper and Necessary to have the Maps of every County full as Large as this Sheet will admit, ...
	The smaller map of Hampshire was published by Morden in 1701 in
	Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua et Nova
	For details of this atlas and other pre-1708 publications see:-
	Morden 1701
	Published in 'Fifty Six New and Accurate Maps of Great Britain, Ireland and Wales; With All the Direct and Cross Roads exactly treated in the maps, which are more Full and Exact then any Extant, having all the Cities, Parliament and Market Towns, Villages, Parks, Hundreds, Wapentacks, &c. distinguish'd. Begun by Mr. Morden: Perfected, Corrected and Enlarg'd by Mr. Moll ... London: Printed for John Nicholson at the King's-Arms, and John Sprint at the Bell in Little-Britain; Andrew Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, and Ralph Smith under the Piazza of the Royal Exchange. 1708.'
	The atlas cost 7s. plain, 8s. coloured.
	The map is altered from the 1701 version, a compass rose is added; parliamentary boroughs are indicated by an asterisk - this is perhaps the first map to show this information, and some cities are distinguished by a cross; roads are amended, new roads added, routes altered, destinations outside the county added.
	An advertisement on the back of the title page states 'The maps have been all carefully Compar'd and Correct'd by Mr. Ogilby's Large and Actual Survey, and are fitted to roll up for the Pocket for the ease of Carriage; and when you have done your Journey lay but a Weight upon them one night and they will lie as flat as before, and be of use in your Closet.'
	An advertisement in the Daily Courant, 30 July 1708, '... very useful for all that Travel, for by casting their Eye on the maps and Directions they'll be thoroughly acquainted with the Parts they are in.'
	Published in 'Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua & Nova. Or, A New Survey of Great Britain, wherein to the Topographical Account given by Mr. Camden, and the late Editors of his Britannia, is added a more large History, not only of the Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and Parishes mentioned by them, but also of many other Places of Note, and Antiquities since discovered. Together with the Chronology of the most remarkable Actions of the Britains, Romans, Saxons, Danes, and Normans. The lives and Constitutions of the Bishops of all our sees, Founders and Benefactors to our Universities and Monasteries, the Sufferings of Martyrs, and many other Ecclesiastical Matters. The Acts and Laws of our Parliaments, with the Place of their Meeting. A Character of such eminent Statesmen and Churchmen as have signalized themselves by their wise Conduct and Writings. And the Pedigrees of all our noble Families and Gentry both Ancient and Modern, according to the best Relations extant. Collected Composed by an impartial Hand. Vol.I. Containing the Introduction, and the Counties of ... [not Hampshire] ... In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt; and Sold by M. Nutt in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, MDCCXX.' ie 1720; 'Vol.II. Containing the Counties of Gloucestershire, Southampton, Hereford, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Lancaster, Leicester, and Lincoln. ...'
	Notice that Southampton is alphabetised under H for Hampshire!
	At the end of the descriptive text for Hampshire there is a triangular table of distances, decorated with coats of arms.
	The atlas was published as a series of monthly parts at 1/- each, from 1714, by various proprietors; parts 1-3, January, February, and September 1715, have the introduction and the beginning of Bedfordshire; parts 17-18, late 1718 early 1718, ends Gloucestershire, begins Hampshire; part 19, January 1718, ends Hampshire, begins Herefordshire; the project did not end till 1730.
	The authorship of the descriptive text is uncertain; Rev Anthony Hall, Queen's College, Oxford, probably wrote the introduction; the other parts cannot safely be ascribed to anyone.
	The map is unchanged; atlas size is 5 x 6 3/4 ins; the county section of text ends with a triangular table of distances which is revised version of Jenner's, based on Norden's; some of the revisions are probably copying errors.
	By 1730 the proprietor, then Thomas Cox, was offering separate counties 'Whereas there are many Gentlemen who will not go to the Price of a compleat set, yet are curious to Know the History of their own County; and the former Method of Publication not admitting of any County to be sold, without Part of another with it, the Proprietors, to oblige such Gentlemen, have now divided it into Counties, and printed General Titles to each County, so that any Person may have the History of any particular County entire by itself.'
	Published in 6 volumes 'Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova: Or, a New, Exact, and Comprehensive Survey Of The Ancient and Present State Of Great-Britain. ... the whole being more Comprehensive and Instructive than Camden, or any Other Author on this Subject. And Illustrated not only with General Mapps, but also particular ones of each County, and other Plates curiously Engraved, representing the Roman, Saxon, and Danish Antiquities found in this Island: ... Collected and Compiled from the Antiquities and Histories at large of each County. With many Accounts accurately taken on the Spot, and communicated by several Judicious Hands. ... London, Printed for and sold by Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, Booksellers, at the Ship without Temple Bar, and at their Shops in Coney Street, York, and at Scarborough Spa. MDCCXXXVIII.' ie 1738, actually published 1739.
	The atlas 3 guineas bound and gilt; 'N.B. Particular Counties may be had separate.'; an advertisement in 1739 offers single counties 'neatly sew'd up in blue Paper, to roll up in the Pocket.'; the title page was often Cox's with a pasted slip carrying Ward and Chandler's imprint.
	The map is unchanged from before.
	Published in editions with spurious title pages dated 1700, 1720, 1720-31, in the 1790s.

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REFERENCES
	: 1708: Fifty Six New and Accurate Maps of Great Britain, Ireland and Wales: Nicholson, John & Sprint, John & Bell, Andrew & Smith, Ralph
	: 1720=1731: Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua and Nova & New Survey of Great Britain: Nutt, M & Morphew, J (London)
	: 1731: Magna Britannia, Antiqua et Nova & Survey of England: Cox, Thomas (London)
	: 1738: Magna Britannia, Antiqua et Nova & New, Exact, and Comprehensive Survey Of The Ancient and Present State Of Great-Britain: Ward, Caesar & Chandler, Richard (London)
also see:-
	related map group -- Morden 1701
	related map group -- Cox 1738
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:ACM1934.74.14 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.23.1 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.73.1 -- map
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