notes Pigot 1828

	Research Notes Map Group PIGOT 1828

Pigot 1828
	Map, Hampshire, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Pigot and Co, Basing Lane, London, 1828, engraved by Pigot and Son, Manchester; published 1828-57 in PIGOT & COs. British ATLAS

	These notes are made from Pigot's Map of Hampshire, 1828, published by Pigot and Co, 17 Basing Lane London, and 18 Fountain Street, Manchester, about 1831. The copy studied, an edition published 1840, is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1997.107.
	The map size is: wxh, sheet = 28x42cm; wxh, plate = 249x381mm; wxh, map = 221x355mm.

	MAP FEATURES
	PUBLISHING HISTORY
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

MAP FEATURES
title map maker engraver	Title cartouche printed in the top border:- HAMPSHIRE. Printed bottom centre:- Published by Pigot & Co. 17 Basing Lane London & 18 Fountain St. Manchester. Engraved on steel by Pigot & Son Manchester Printed bottom right:-
vignettes	Printed upper right is a view of:- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.
orientation compass rose up is N	Printed upper centre is a compass rose; no circle, star points for cardinal and half cardinal directions, North marked by a fleur de lys. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
scale line scale	Printed bottom centre in a simple cartouche is a:- Scale chequered and labelled in miles, the 10 miles = 42.1mm gives a scale 1 to 382267 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 380000 6 miles to 1 inch Another estimate of scale can be made from town positions, comparing known town-town distances, using DISTAB.exe. The map scale is about:- 1 to 400000 6.5 miles to 1 inch
lat and long scales	Latitude and longitude scales are printed in the borders for a trapezoid projection; chequered at minutes, marked at 5 minute intervals. The map includes form 0d 42m to 1d 53m W, from 50d 28m to 51d 39m N; the whole of Hampshire including the Christchurch area of Dorset, and the Isle of Wight.
table of symbols	There is a table of symbols for the map under the heading:- Explanation. Mail Roads ... [double line + dotted line down centre] Turnpike Road with the distance from one Market Town to another across the Road as .. [double line, light bold, and figure] Cross Roads ... [narrow double line] Rail Roads ... [bold line with cross ties] Rivers ... [wiggly line] Canals ... [triple line, light bold light] Towns with the distance from London as ... GOSPORT / 74 Villages as ... Botley Division of Hundreds ... [dotted line] Divisio of the Counties ... [bold dotted line] The number of Members returned by each Borough as PORTSMOUTH [2 stars] This includes railways - even though this map shows no railways.
sea area sea plain sandbanks	The sea area is plain, though the coast formlines extend some way out to sea. Sea areas migt be labelled, eg:- SOUTHAMPTON WATER THE SOLENT SPITHEAD THE ENGLISH CHANNEL Stokes Bay Outlines of sandbanks are shown by a dotted line in the sea mostly between the Isle of Wight and the mainland. These might be labelled, eg:- Horse Sand
coast line coast form lines harbours sea marks headlands	The coast line is emphasised by form lines extending some way out to sea and into harbours and river mouths. Harbours are clearly shown. The form lines continue into the harbours, and main channels are also indicated. Some harbours are labelled, eg:- PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR On the channel of the Lymington River there is a ?post labelled:- A 'Beacon' and something labelled:- Beacon and a further post with a ?cross bar, labelled:- Jack in the Basket Some headlands and are labelled, eg:- Needs Ore Point
coastal defence castles fortifications	castles etc are marked and labelled along the coast, eg:- Hurst Cas Netley Cas Calshot Cas Cumberland Ft Although not a clear representation of polygonal artillery fortification, the works protecting Portsmouth and the naval base at Portsea can be seen on the map:-
rivers ponds bridges	Rivers are shown by wiggly line, broad at the mouth, tapering upstream. Braiding is indicated, for example at Winchester. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- Riv Wey Avon River Drawn in putline near Farnborough is:- Fleet Pond The lake in Stratfield Park is shown; some other large ponds and lakes are not. Bridges are implied by a road crossing a river, rather than shown by a symbol.
relief	Although there is no symbol showing relief, some hills are labelled, eg:- Quarley Hill
woods forests vegetation	There are a number of tussocky areas drawn on the map, with small bushes and trees, showing commons, woods, forests, etc. Some are labelled, eg:- Forest of Bere Dole Wood Alice Holt Wood Tracks across such areas might be indicated as unfenced roads.
parks	Parks are shown as areas with a suggestion of a paling fence around them. The areas vary in shape. Highclere Park is drawn big enough to have rides within the grounds drawn in plan. The big house within the park may be shown by a square. Some parks are labelled, eg:- Highclere Rotherfield Pa And the confusion between park and settlement might be clarified as:- Herriard & Pa
county	The county boundary is shown by a bold dotted line crudely tinted yellow. Contiguous counties might be labelled, eg:- WINCHESTER The adjacent county each have a tint along the boundary: Dorset pink; Wiltshire green, its detached parts in Berkshire are not shown; Berkshire pink, as is its detached part in Wiltshire; Surrey blue; Sussex pink. The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is shown and labelled:- P. OF HANTS. BUT this label's engraving is back to front, ie the engraver forgot to engrave it backwards. Roads and settlements are shown in the adjacent counties for the sake of continuity.
hundreds table of hundreds	Hundred boundaries are shown by a light dotted line. The areas are keyed to a table of hundreds by number, except the part areas which are labelled explicitly, eg:- PART of OVERTON
settlements distances from London electoral data	Settlements are shown by buildings or groups of buildings represented by blocks. They are differentiated by style of lettering, and have added elements for electoral data.
city	group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:- WINCHESTER / 64 [2 stars] The stars denote the number of members returned to Parliament. The figure is the distance from London.

town	group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:- ALTON / 47

village	group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- East Worldham

hamlet	A single block; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Middle Wallop The block and italic label are used for all sorts of other features.

roads road distances post roads turnpike roads	Roads are drawn by a double line, solid or dotted presuamble indicating fenced and unfenced. Roads are differentitaed by breadth. The broader roads are turnpike roads and have one line bold; post roads have an extra dotted line down the middle:- Distances from town to town are given by a figure across the road.
canals	Canals are shown by a treble line, light bold light, and perhaps labelled. The following canals can be seen on the map:-
Basingstoke Canal	from Basingstoke to beyond the Surrey border; no branch to Turgis (there should not be); labelled:- Basingstoke Ca.

Andover Canal	from Upper Clatford by Andover, to Redbridge.

Salisbury and Southampton Canal	from Salisbury (which it never reached?) to join the Andover Canal near Mottisfont; no canal into Southampton (there should be).

Itchen Navigation	from Winchester to the head of the Itchen estuary at South Stoneham.

Portsmouth and Arundel Canal	across Portsea Island; also drawn from Chichester Harbour eastwards.

Titchfield Canal	drawn as a canal, from Titchfield to The Solent at Hill Head.

miscellaneous
race courses	Some race courses are shown, eg:- Race Cou. [Worthy Down] Stockbridge Race Gr
castles	Some castles are shown inland, eg:- Gunner Cas Owls Castle
shipyards	Note the Ship Yd just south of Beaulieu.
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PUBLISHING	HISTORY
	Published in 'PIGOT & COs. British ATLAS. OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, WITH A Map of England and Wales, AND A CIRCULAR ONE OF THE COUNTRY ROUND LONDON, ... EMBELLISHED WITH A CORRECT GRAPHIC SERIES OF VIGNETTES OF THE Cathedrals and some of the handsomest Churches in England: ...' 1828.

	The maps are perhaps the same maps as their London and Provincial Directory, 1826?

	The title page in the collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1998.7, is from the 1831 edition. It has a heading illustration of the end of a church, and text:-
	PIGOT / & COS. / British / ATLAS / OF / THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, / WITH / A map of England and Wales, / A CIRCULAR ONE OF THE COUNTRY ROUND LONDON, / TO THE DISTANCE OF FOURTEEN MIILES; / THE WHOLE ENGRAVED ON STEEL PLATES, / AND / EMBELLEISHED WITH A CORRECT GRAPHIC SERIES OF VIGNETTES / OF THE / Cathedrals and some of the handsomest Churches in England: / ACCOMPANIED BY / TOPOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNTS, EXHIBITING THE GENERAL STATISTICS OF EACH COUNTY; ITS ANCIENT / HISTORY, AND MODERN LOCALITIES AND DIVISIONS; / COMMERCE, MANUFACTURES, AND POPULATION; TABLES OF DISTANCES, &c. / THE ENTIRE PREFIXED BY / COMPREHENSIVE RECIPROCAL DISTANCE TABLES, / OF THE / PRINCIPAL TOWNS IN GREAT BRITAIN, &c. / AND AN ITINERARY OF THE MOST USEFUL AND GENERALLY TRAVELLED / MAIL AND COACH ROUTES / THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM. / PUBLISHED BY J. PIGOT & CO. BASING-LANE, LONDON, AND FOUNTAIN-STREET, MANCHESTER: / And sold by them and the following Booksellers:- / SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, STATIONER'S COURT, LUDGATE HILL; SHERWOOD AND CO. PATERNOSTER ROW; WINCHESTER AND VARNHAM, 61, STRAND; ; EFFINGHAM WILSON AND JOHN RICHARDSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE; HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY; AND BY ALL RESPECTABLE BOOKSELLERS / IN THE KINGDOM. / Price, with Coloured maps, neatly made up in boards .... 2 10 0 / Extra Coloured, and the \maps mounted on Cloth .... 4 0 0 / Ditto Ditto elegently bound, and gilt .... 4 10 0 / 1831
	Published in another edition '... Published by J. Pigot & Co. 59, Fleet Street, London ...' 1839.
	The reverse of the text page has statistics from the 1831 Census, and from the Reform Bill 1832.
	Published in another edition 1840.
	Published in another edition 'Pigot & Co.' British Atlas ... I. Slater, Printer, Fountain Street, Manchester.' 1844.
	The 1844 edition has population figures from the 1841 Census, but there is no text page.
	Published in another edition 'I. Slater's new british Atlas ... Published by Isaac Slater (late Pigot & Slater), Fleet Street, London; Fountain Street, and Portland Street, Manchester: and sold by him and the following booksellers: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., etc.' 1857-58.

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REFERENCES
	Pigot, James and Co: 1828 & 1831 & 1839 & 1840: Pigot and Co's British Atlas: (London)
	: 1844: Pigot and Co's British Atlas: Slater, Isaac (Manchester)
	: 1857: I Slater's New British Atlas: Slater, Isaac (London)
also see:-
	related map group -- Pigot 1826

ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1997.107 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1998.7 -- title page
	HMCMS:FA1998.213 -- map
	HMCMS:FA1999.64 -- map
	HMCMS:FA2001.45 -- map
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