notes Unknown 1850s

	Research Notes Map Group UNKNOWN 1850s

Unknown 1850s
	Map, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, scale about 7.5 miles to 1 inch, with vignette illustrations of towns, published 1850s?
	This unidentified map can be dated to about the 1850s from the railways shown. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1998.31.
	The map is sectioned for folding, mounted on ?linen, and folded in a card cover. Printed on the cover:-
	MAP OF HAMPSHIRE 1/-
	The map size is: wxh, folded = 9.5x13cm; wxh, sheet = 19.5x24.5cm; wxh, map = 187x241mm. The measurements make no allowance for the gaps in the mounting.

	MAP FEATURES
	RAILWAYS
	VIGNETTES
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MAP FEATURES
title	Printed upper left in ornamental block caps is:- HAMPSHIRE The map and its cover give no indication of map maker, engraver, or publisher.
orientation up is N	The map is printed with North at the top of the page. There is no compass rose or north point.
scale line scale	Printed upper left is a:- Scale of Miles chequered and labelled at 2 mile intervals. The 12 miles = 41.8 mm giving a scale 1 to 462013. The map scale is about:- 1 to 460000 7 miles to 1 inch
lat and long scales	The map borders have scales of latitude and longitude for a rectangular projection; chequered at 2 minute intervals, labelled at 10 minute intervals. The map includes from 0d 45m to 1d 52m W, 50d 38m to 51d 28m N; Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The longitude of Winchester is 1d 18.5m W which agrees with the label on the bottom longitude scale:- West from Greenwich The ratio lat/long scales is 1.60 which is 'correct' for Hampshire's latitude.
sea area sea shaded sea tinted	The sea area is tinted blue and shaded - or, rather, the coast shading extends far offshore. Some sea areas are labelled, eg:- ENGLISH CHANNEL The Solent Christchurch B.
coast line coast shaded harbours	The coast line is emphasised by shading, a second lot of shading lines in between the sea shading. This extends to fill harbours and estuaries. Harbours can be recognised, only a couple are labelled, eg:- Portsmouth Har. Key Haven
coastal defence castles	Only one coastal defence castle is labelled:- Calshot Cas. without any building marked.
rivers	Rivers are drawn with a wiggly line tapering inland from their estuary. Few are labelled, eg:- Beaulieu R. Anton R. The latter labelling the Test. Most of the main river systems are represented, but without any detail of tributaries etc. Bridges are implied where roads interrupt a river, but are not specifically indicated or labelled.
relief hill hachuring	Relief is indicated by hill hachuring, perhaps making a serious attempt to show the structure of the county. An example:- on the Blackwater to Hartfordbridge road in the northeast of the county.
woods forests	Two of the old forests are shown as areas with very small tree and bush symbols, with dotted undergrowth. The two are labelled:- Forest of Bere New Forest It is East Bere Forest that is shown.
parks	Parks are drawn as an outline with a pecked interior, mostly tinted green. Most are not named, but see:_ Stratfield Saye labelling the vignette scene beside the park outline.
county	The county boundary is a dashed line, except where a river is the border, as at Blackwater. The boundary is emphasised with tints, for example:- Yellow for Hampshire; pink for Wiltshire; blue for Berkshire. Adjoining counties are labelled, eg:- BERKSHIRE A few places are drawn outwith the county to give continuity to the road pattern; Farnham, Salisbury etc.
settlements	Settlements are shown by a few blocks or by a cross. Places are differentiated for importance by the style of labelling.
city	(overlain by a vignette); labelled in upright block caps, eg:_ WINCHESTER

town	small group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Whitchurch Southampton

village	a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Leckford E. Worldham Botley
	One of the maps owners has 'corrected' the spelling of a place name:- Owlesbury to Owslebury with a heavy handed pen and ink. He has also boxed Shalden; perhaps where he lived. Are things owned by people, who can rightly mess them about as they like? Or do long lived things own people, who should leave them alone?
roads	A network of roads is drawn by double solid lines. Roads are differentiated by width into major and minor routes; the major routes have bold and light lines.
railways	Railways are shown by a bold line overlaying all other features on the map. Stations are marked as:- Sta. which is Micheldever Station on the London and Southampton Railway. Some stations are not marked, for instance those at Winchester and Gosport. A planned route, or one being built, is shown by a bold dashed line, as from Basingstoke to Salisbury. One of the map's owners has extended the line from Farnham on to Alton, New Alresford and Winchester. Then crossed the last section out and drawn it to join the London and Southampton Railway near Kings Worthy.
canals	One canal is labelled:- Basingstoke Canal Canals are drawn by a curvy bold line. The map shows the Basingstoke Canal with its loop around Dogmersfield Park, and the Andover to Redbridge Canal.
miscellaneous
race courses	On Worthy Down north of Winchester is labelled:- Race Course
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RAILWAYS
	The railways shown are:-
open 1840	London and Southampton Railway now called the London and South Western Railway
open 1842	Bishopstoke to Gosport branch
open 1847	Eastleigh to Salisbury branch
open 1847	Chichester to Portsmouth branch
open 1848	Fareham to Cosham branch
open 1848	Berkshire and Hampshire Railway
open 1849	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
authorised 1846 opened 1857	Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway
authorised 1853 opened 1859	Portsmouth Railway.
	Judging by which railways are shown built and being built the date of the map is between 1853 and 1857

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VIGNETTES
	What gives this little map some interest is a series of small circular vignette scenes illustrating places. It is not always clear what is illustrated, though each is labelled:-
Andover	The parish church.
Basingstoke	The parish church.
Blackwater	A large building?
Christchurch	Presumably Christchurch Priory.
Gosport	Rather unclear; the town from the harbour, a ship in the foreground.
Odiham	The parish church.
Petersfield	The market square; if you look closely you can see cattle.
Portsmouth	The town from the harbour, a ship in the foreground.
Southampton	A view from Southampton water, with a sailing boat in the foreground.
Stratfield Saye	Stratfield Saye House.
Winchester	A prospect of the city from the south; a familiar view.
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA1998.31 -- map
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