Research Notes


Map Group -- WALKER 1837

Walker 1837
Map, Hampshire, scale about 4.5 miles to 1 inch, by John and Charles Walker, derived from the Ordnance Survey and others, published by Longman, Rees and Co, Paternoster Row, London, 1837 in a 'British Atlas' with a royal dedication; published 1837-70.
 
PUBLISHING HISTORY
REFERENCES
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PUBLISHING HISTORY
Published in 'To their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, This British Atlas, Comprising separate Maps of every County in England each Riding in Yorkshire and North and South wales Showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Parks, Boundaries of Boroughs, &c. Compiled from the maps of the Board of Ordnance and other Trigonometrical Surveys ... by ... J. & C. Walker. Published March 1, 1837, by Longman, Rees & Co. Paternoster Row, and J. & C. Walker, 3 Burleigh Street, Strand.'
the atlas has a title page and 47 maps; its size is 13 3/8 x 16 1/2 ins.

Published in a reprint 1837, after the accession of Victoria, with the atlas dedication amended.

Published in an edition, 1841.
the map is the same, and is accompanied by a page of text of statistical tables and a table of distances.

Perhaps published in an edition, 1846.

Lithograph version published in a Fox-Hunting Atlas by Hobson, 1850.

Published in an edition, 1852; same as the 1841 edition.

Published in an edition, 1862; there might be amendments, eg the railways corrected.

Published in an edition, 1870; with the railways brought up to date; it is not clear whether railways, for example, are brought up to date for each edition.

Several of these are in the HMCMS Map Collection
 
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REFERENCES
Hobson: 1850: Fox Hunting Atlas
Walker, J and C: 1837 & 1841 & 1846(?) & 1852 & 1862 & 1870: British Atlas: Longman, Rees and Co & Walker, J and C (London)
also see:- 
  related map group -- Hobson 1850
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ITEMS  in HMCMS Map Collection   (scanned item in bold)
  HMCMS:FA1988.6 -- map
  HMCMS:FA1998.5 -- title page
  HMCMS:FA1998.138 -- map
  HMCMS:FA1999.74 -- map
  HMCMS:FA2001.184.1 -- map
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