notes Moule 1836

	Research Notes Map Group MOULE 1836

Moule 1836
	Map, Hampshire, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by I Dower for Thomas Moule, published in The English Counties Delineated, by George Vertue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, London, 1836; published 1836-38.
	These notes are made from a copy of the map in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museum Service, item HMCMS:FA1998.132. Snip images are taken from a hand coloured example, item HMCMS:FA1999.85.
	The map size is (FA1999.85): wxh, map = 259x196mm.
	MAP FEATURES
	PUBLISHING HISTORY
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
title plain cartouche map maker engraver	Printed top centre, plain title cartouche, in border:- HAMPSHIRE Printed bottom centre:- Engraved for MOULES ENGLISH COUNTIES by I. Dower. The map border is broad, decorated with overlapped wavy lines, like machine turning.
coat of arms	There are coats of arms of:- DUKE OF WELLINGTON motto:- VIRTUTIS FORTUNA COMES and several towns:- SOUTHAMPTON SOUTHWICK WINCHESTER PORTSMOUTH PETERSFIELD
vignettes	There is a view of:- SOUTHAMPTON from across Southampton Water, printed at the bottom right.
orientation north point up is N	Printed upper left is a north point; N-S line; E-W cross line; North marked by a fleur de lys. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
scale line scale	There is a:- Scale of English Miles. chequered at 2 mile intervals, 10 miles = 30.5 mm gives a scale 1 to 527654 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 530000 miles 8 to 1 inch An estimate of scale can be made from town positions, comparing known town-town distances, using DISTAB.exe. The map scale is about:- 1 to 520000 8 miles to 1 inch
index grid	This map has no index grid. Calculations have been made to overlay the National Grid system on the map. The grid references of the map borders were calculated as:- bottom left SY785646 top left ST785758 top right TQ193757 bottom right TV193645 This could be useful to present the map in a GIS system.
lat and long scales	There are two discreet marks inside the top and bottom borders, labelled:- 2 [degrees] which could be taken to be the meridian for the map. This meridian runs through Langstone Harbour and between Basingstoke and Odiham. It is 1, not 2, degrees west of Greenwich. Inside the left border is a mark labelled:- 51 [degrees] of latitude.
coast line coast shaded	The coast line is shaded, the shading taken into harbours and river mouths, and extended out into the sea. Some sea areas are labelled, eg:- SPITHEAD Christ Church Bay as are some harbours, eg:- Southampton Water Portsmouth Harbour Few headlands are labelled, eg:- Hengistbury Head
castles coastal defence fortifications	Along the coast of the Solent are some of the coastal defence castles:- Hurst Cas. Calshot Cas. Southsea Cast. Lumps Ft. Cumberland Ft. Polygonal lines around Portsea and Portsmouth suggest the fortifications of the naval bases:-
rivers ponds bridges ferries	Rivers are drawn with a fine wiggly line inland from their estuary. The larger streams, Avon, Test, and Itchen, are drawn with a double line, and braiding shown, for example at Fordingbridge. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- R. Avon R. Test Blackwater R. but river names are crowded out by other place names. Bridges are implied where a road crosses, and interupts, a river. Some are labelled, eg:- St. Leonards Bridge Hartford Br. Ponds are drawn as outline with shading, examples, near Fleet, in Paulton's Park, in Hurstbourne park by Whitchurch. A ferry might be labelled, eg:- Ferry over the Beaulieu River from Ginns to Exbury. The ferry over the Itchen at Southampton is not shown.
relief hill hachuring	A limited amount of the county's relief is shown by hill hachuring; it does not provide a reliable view of the bones of the county. None of the hills seem to be labelled; no beacons are noticed.
woods forests	The NEW FOREST is clearly labelled, and decorated with grass and tussock symbols, bushes and trees. Elsewhere little tree symbols are used very sparingly, in enclosures, but notice:- Freefolk Wood None of the other great forests are noticed.
parks	Parks are drawn as a dotted area enclosed by a line with vestigial fence palings; there may be a little tree symbol or two. The park may be labelled, eg:- Paulton Park Bramshill Park or are named by a house, eg:- Hawley Ho. Redenham Ho. but may or may not be a formally emparked area.
county	The county boundary is a circle dash line. The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is shown. Contiguous counties are labelled, eg:- WILTSHIRE Outside the county some relevant settlements, roads, etc, are shown and may be labelled, eg Poole, Wimborne, Salisbury, Downton. Chichester is drawn on the London-Chichester road, but is not labelled.
hundreds electoral data	A dot dash line, divides the county into South and North Divisions, electoral areas. Fine dotted lines divide the county into hundreds. The hundred areas are keyed by arabic numbers to a table of hundreds in two series:- REFERENCES / to the / HUNDREDS & LIBERTIES The numbers run in two series, 1..24 in the North Division, 1..23 in the South Division (asking for confusion), and:- This sign [asterisk] denotes that that part of the Hundred belongs to the Hundred having the same sign and figure although in a different Division. For example:- 5 [star] north of Exton labels this area as part of Barton Stacey Hundred in the Northern Division.
settlements street map	Rectangular blocks are used to mark settlements. Places are differentiated by style of labelling.
city	Rectangular blocks grouped along streets; labelled in italic block caps, eg:- WINCHESTER

town	Larger towns have groups of rectangular blocks, perhaps with streets as at Southampton; a larger town may be marked with a cross (+) as well; labelled in italic block caps, eg:- PETERSFIELD ANDOVER Smaller towns have groups of rectangualr blocks, along road(s), and perhaps with a cross (+); labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Havant Alton

village	Rectangular blocks on a road, or not, or maybe just a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Selbourne Lower Worldham Twyford

roads	Roads are drawn with a double line. The lines may be continuous or dotted, presumably indicating fenced and unfenced. At least two widths of road are shown. Many (most? all?) of the major roads are drawn with light and bold line.
canals	Canals are drawn with a triple line, light bold light, and might be labelled. The following canals are noticed:-
Basingstoke Canal	from Basingstoke to the Surrey border; the Greywell tunnel is dotted; labelled:- Basingstoke Can.

Andover Canal	from Andover to Redbridge; labelled:- Andover & Stockbridge C.

Salisbury and Southampton Canal	from the river outside Salisbury to join the Andover Canal; not to Southampton.

Itchen Navigation	from the Itchen at about Compton to the head of the Itchen estuary near South Stoneham.

Titchfield Canal	drawn as a second river from Titchfeidl to The Solent at Hillhead.

miscellaneous
salterns	Outlines and labelled on the coast south of Lymington is:- Salt Works
monuments	The Rufus Stone to the west of Cadnam in the heathland is labelled:- Rufuss Stone
telegraphs	SW of Bramshaw is:- Telegraph
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	Published in 'ENGLANDS TOPOGRAPHER or THE ENGLISH COUNTIES DELINEATED' or 'A Topographical Description of England. Illustrated by a map of London, and a complete set of county maps... Engraved by I Dower for Thomas Moule ... London: George Vertue, 26, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. 1836.'
	The atlas size is 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 ins.
	Published in another edition, 1837.
	The map has a view of Southampton, and coats of arms of Petersfield, Portsmouth, Southampton, Southwick, Winchester and the Duke of Wellington; there are pages of text about the county and parishes arranged by hundreds.
	The atlas also includes a map of the Environs of Portsmouth.
	Published in later editions of 'Complete and Universal Dictionary of the English Language' by Rev James Barclay, 1840 (no maps) to 1852.
	The maps have no imprint for Moule.

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REFERENCES
	Moule, Thomas: 1836 & 1837 & 1838: English Counties Delineated & Topographical Description of England & Moule's English Counties: Vertue, George (London)
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:ACM1934.74.12 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.14 -- title page
	HMCMS:FA1998.125 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.132 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.133 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.134 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.85 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.106 -- book
	HMCMS:FA1999.106.2 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.106.4 -- print
	HMCMS:FA1999.106.26 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.106.27 -- map
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