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Research Notes
Map Group BOWLES 1732?
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Bowles 1732?
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NOTES from THOMAS BOWLES'S TRAVELLER'S GUIDE, c1732
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These notes are made from a book illustration of a map of
England and Wales which was published in Ogilby's Traveller's
Guide published by Thomas Bowles, London about 1732. The map is
certainly not by John Ogilby, who published his set of road maps
in 1675. The publication is cited in the book as:-
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Ogilby: 1730: Traveller's Guide:
(London)
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The maps size is: wxh = 325x280mm.
Detail notes will be
strongly biased towards Hampshire, for whose benefit the map has
been studied.
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MAP FEATURES |
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| MAP FEATURES |
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The map has:- title cartouche; scroll cartouche; coast shaded;
rivers (very very few); county (badly drawn); settlements; road;
road distances; distances from London
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There may be other features on the original, not shown in the
book reproduction.
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title cartouche
scroll cartouche
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Printed upper right is a scroll cartouche surrounded by
country scenes; a gentleman with staff and dog, travellers on
horse and a post chaise, etc.
OGILBY'S Traveller's Guide; or
Gentlemans Pocket Companion through all the Direct and Principal
Cross Roads in ENGLAND & WALES. Shewing all the Towns scituated
on ye Roads, their distances from each other in computed Miles;
also ye distances of each Market Town from Lond'n in measurd
Miles.
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map maker
publisher
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Printed lower left is:-
London printed for Tho: Bowles near the
Chapterhouse in St. Pauls
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table of symbols
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The map does not have a table of symbols, but does have
an:-
Explanation
in a cartouche printed lower right.
The counties are express'd in Italic
Capitals, as MIDDLESEX.
The Market Towns are express'd in Roman
Print as Brentford.
The villages are Engraved in Round
Hand.
The Figures placed in the Road shew the
distance of one Town from another in Computed Miles.
The Roman Figures placed on the side of
each Road shew the distance of each Market Town from London. in
measured miles.
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sea area
sea plain
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The sea is plain with some sea areas labelled, eg:-
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
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coast line
coast shaded
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The coast line is shaded, and, in the reproduction seen,
tinted.
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rivers
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very few rivers are shewn.
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county
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County boundaries are dotted lines, tinted on the inside of
each county in red, yellow or green. The county shapes and their
inclusion of places is awfully bad, considering the contemporary
knowledge of the shape of the country.
Each county is labelled in italic block caps, eg:-
HAMP S.
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settlements
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Settlements are mostly shown by labelling only. London is an
exception, marked by a cluster of buildings and towers. Labelling
style is used to differentiate places, as described in the
'Explanation'.
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city
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Cities are labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
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town
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Towns are labelled in upringht lowercase text, eg:-
Basingstoke
Portsmouth
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village
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Villages are labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Otterborn
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| ROADS |
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Roads are shown by a broad double line. These are drawn as a
diagram, not intended to be an accurate represenation of the
roads' routes across the country. They spread out from London
going about the right direction. Some roads are named, eg:-
The Western Road
which is the London to Lands End road, not the London Bristol
road which was often, till lately, referred as the Great West
Road.
Other roads might be labelled with their destination, eg:-
to Southampton
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road distances
distances
from London
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Refer to the 'Explanation'. The arabic numbers in the road are
to a town from the last, travelling out from London. The arabic
numbers beside the road, not roman numerals as might be expected,
are the distance of the town from London. Sums of the distances
are compromised by the use of computed and measured miles.
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Diagram not Map
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To understand, and to forgive the poor appearance of the map,
you must think of it being conceived inside out. It is a
reasonable road diagram, even if it has errors. The roads are
drawn out from London in approximately the right direction, and
roughly the right sort of size, using as much space as necessary
to label the places. County and country boundaries are added
round the places. But this is done rather badly, making
compromises between the inclusion of places and the [known]
shapes of counties. The result might have been better without the
boundaries!
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Hampshire Roads
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The roads that are relevant to Hampshire are listed below. The
roads to Southampton and to Weymouth are branches off The Western
Road; the road to Portsmouth is one of several from London
branching at Southwark.
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The Western Road
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London |
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| LONDON |
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| Staines |
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Surrey |
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Middlesex |
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| Bagshot |
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Surrey |
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Surrey |
| Hartley Row |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Newnham |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Basingstoke |
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48 |
Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Whitchurch |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Oakley |
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| Andover |
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66 |
Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Mid Wallop |
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Wiltshire |
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Middle Wallop |
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Hampshire |
| SALISBURY |
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83 |
Wiltshire |
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Wiltshire |
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| EXETER |
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Devon |
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Devon |
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| Lands End |
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Cornwall |
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Cornwall |
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to Southampton
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London |
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| Bagshot |
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Surrey |
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Surrey |
| Farnham |
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40 |
Surrey |
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Surrey |
| Alton |
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50 |
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Hampshire |
| Alesford |
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59 |
Hampshire |
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New Alresford |
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| WINCHESTER |
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67 |
Hampshire |
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Hampshire |
| Otterborn |
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Hampshire |
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Hampshire |
| Southampton |
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78 |
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Hampshire |
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to Weymouth
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London |
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| Basingstoke |
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48 |
Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Cranburn |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Sutton |
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Sutton Scotney |
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Hampshire |
| Cranley |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Stockbridg |
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69 |
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Stockbridge |
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| Brougton |
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Broughton |
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| East Dean |
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Wiltshire |
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Hampshire |
| Dunkton |
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Wiltshire |
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Downton |
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Wiltshire |
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| Cranborn |
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Dorest |
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Dorest |
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| Weymouth |
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Dorest |
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Dorest |
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to Portsmouth
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London |
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| LONDON |
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| Guilford |
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Surrey |
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Guildford |
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Surrey |
| Godolming |
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Surrey |
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Godalming |
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| Hindhead |
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| Lippock |
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Hampshire |
| Petersfield |
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55 |
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Hampshire |
| Harndon |
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Hampshire |
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Horndean |
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| Cosham |
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Hampshire |
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Hampshire |
| Portsmouth |
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Hampshire |
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Hampshire |
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| REFERENCES |
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Sobel, Dava & Andrewes, William J
H: 1998: Illustrated Longitude, The: Fourth Estate (London)::
ISBN 1 85702 714 0; p.77
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