notes Arrowsmith 1814

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Arrowsmith 1814
	Map, the Diocese of Sarum and Winton (Salisbury and Winchester), as in 1535, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, by Aaron Arrowsmith, London, 1814. The map studied is in a private collection.
	The map size is: wxh, sheet = 50x42.5cm; wxh, map = 482x392mm. The map has been folded in a zigzag pasted to a guard strip; it appears to have been taken from a book or atlas. Note that these notes are biased toward Hampshire interest.
	ORIGINS
	MAP FEATURES
	DIOCESE
	HAMPSHIRE TOWNS
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ORIGINS
	According to the title, the map shows an assessment of the churches etc in the 26th year of the reign of Henry VIII. Henry VIII became king in 1509, in 1534 he became supreme head of the Church of England; in 1535 he appointed Thomas Cromwell as Vicar General, and Thomas Cromwell devised measures to bring the church directly under crown control.
	The map is drawn in 1814. There is no authority for its data stated on the map. The map is one of 15 maps drawn by Aaron Arrowsmith and his son Samuel, for the 5 volumes of:-
	Caley, J (ed) & Hunter, J, Rev (ed): 1814 (?): Ecclesiasticus, temp. Henrici VIII, auctoritate regia institutus
	The map might be reproduced, in a reduced size, in:-
	McClure, Edmund: (late 19th century): Historical Church Atlas: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (London)
	The date and background of the map should warn against close reliance on the facts, and spellings of place names.
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MAP FEATURES
title map maker watermark	Printed at the top is:- Tabula _ Juxta Valorem Ecclesiasticum XXVIo. Henrici VIII. Institutum _ Geographica which roughly translates:- Map concerning the assessment of the church instituted in the 26th year of Henry VIII Printed at the bottom is:- A. Arrowsmith delin. A.D. MDCCCXIV. which is Aaron Arrowsmith who is known to have made a, presumably similar, thematic map of the diocese of Gloucestershire and of Oxfordshire, in 1814. See:- see:- Smith, David: 1985: Victorian Maps of the British Isles: Batsford:: ISBN 0 7134 4178 X Lower right of the sheet there is a watermark:- L TOVI[L] MILL / 1813
orientation up is N	There is no indicator of orientation except the latitude and longitude scales. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet. This is a thematic map for which orientation, scale, and coordinates are of little interest.
scale	There is no indicator of scale. The map scale might be judged from the scale of longitude (the scales of latitude cannot be used as there is only one graduation). 1 degree longitude at 51 degrees N = 178.2 mm gives a scale 1 to 393945. The map scale is about:- 1 to 390000 6 miles to 1 inch (At 51d N 1 min longitude = 1170.017 metres.) The scale has been estimated for Hampshire from the position of market towns, using DISTTAB.exe software to do the calulations. From this the map scale is 1 to 394641, about:- 1 to 390000 6 miles to 1 inch
lat and long scales lat and long grid	There are scales of latitude and longitude in the map borders for a trapezoid projection; marked and labelled at 1 degree intervals. A graticule is drawn at 1 degree intervals. There are insufficient graduations on the scales to make useful calculations about the projection. Latitude cannot be measured from the map as there is only one marked parallel. The prime meridian appears to be through Greenwich.
coast line coast shaded	The coast line is emphasized by shading, with extra shading as a shadow to the east and south. The coast line appears to be detailed and accurate.
rivers	Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering upstream. The Thames, larger, has form lines alongside its wiggly line to up above Abingdon. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- Blackwater Riv. Avon R. Most of Hampshire's river systems are noticed; the Basingstoke area lacks some streams, and the Rother is missing.
county	The map does not show counties. The area of Hampshire can be picked out as a group of deaneries in the Winchester diocese. Note that the Diocese of Winchester in 1535 included much of Hampshire, Surrey, Isle of Wight, and Guernsey. The detached part of hampshire in Sussex is clearly outlined as part of the deanery of Stoke by Guildford. The Diocese of Salisbury included much of Wiltshire and Berkshire.
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DIOCESE	This is a thematic map about the diocese, deaneries and churches etc. The diocesan and deanery boundaries a re dotted lines emphasized by tints. The diocese of Winchester is tinted overall with pale pink; its diocesan boundary is emphasized by a broad pink tint; and the deanery boundaries by a narrow pink tint. The diocese is labelled, alongside:- DIOC' WINTON' ie Diocesis Wintonensis (?). Each deanery is labelled in its area, eg:- DECANATUS DE ANDEVOUR DECANAT' DE FORDINGBRIG DEC' SOUTHAMPTON The Diocese of Salisbury id treated similarly in yellow, and is labelled:- DIOC' SARUM.
churches table of symbols	Within each deanery the churches, hospitals, and other institutions are marked by a circle with a cross atop, and labelled with name and an abbreviation for their status. Examples:- Nether wallop R. Froyle V. The abbreviations are listed in a table printed lower right:- NOTAE EXPLAN. R. ... ... Rectoria V. ... ... Vicaria Ecc. ... Ecclesia Lib.Cap. ... Liberia Cap. ... Capella Don. ... Donativa Mon. ... Monasterium Abb. ... Abbatia Pr. ... ... Prioratus Conv. ... Conventus Coll. ... Collegium Hosp. ... Hospitale Dom. ... Domus Precept. ... Preceptorium Preb. ... Prebenda Apr. ... Appropriata In larger places the churches etc are listed in a table printed at the side of the map; for Hampshire there are lists for:- Civitas Winton ... and:- SOUTHAMPTON ...
	HAMPSHIRE DEANERIES
	The Hampshire parts of the Diocese of Winchester include the following deaneries:- Basingstoke
	Alton
	Andevour
	Somborn
	Winchestre
	Drokynsforde
	Southampton
	Fordingbrig
	with
	Baddysley
	marked as a separate area, a preceptory.
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HAMPSHIRE TOWNS	The map does not show settlements, but settlements are implied by many of the churches. Most of the '21' old market towns are named this way:- Alton
	Andevour
	Basingstoke
	Waltham
	Christchurch Twynnh'm
	Fareh'm
	Fordingbrig
	--- [Gosport missing]
	Havant
	Kyngs Clere
	--- [Lymington is marked but not labelled]
	Alresforde
	Odih'm
	--- [no Petersfield]
	Portysmouth
	Ringwode
	Romsey
	Southampton
	--- [no Stockbridge]
	Whitchurch
	Winton
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ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:FA2002.652 -- map
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