notes CARY 1815

	Research Notes Map Group CARY 1815

Cary 1815
	Cary's New Map of England and Wales, 1815 is inserted in his New Itinerary, 6th edition, published London, 1815.The map includes England and Wales, and parts of Scotland up to the Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth. Although printed on one sheet the map is displayed in sections, with adequate margins between each so that the page can be folded without spoiling the map detail. The coast line, county boundaries, and roads are connected across the margins by straight lines to aid the eye. In spite of this the map has, as usual, suffered in use, becoming crumpled and in danger of tearing. The arrangement of sections is, in rows from the top, of 3, 4 and 4 panels, 11 sections altogether. The map and the Itinerary studied are in the Map Collection, Hampshire CC Museums Service, items HMCMS:B1990.1794.1 and HMCMS:B1990.1794 respectively.
	The copy of the Itinerary has been cheaply rebound at some time in its life; and this is falling to pieces. The page size is about 12x19cm.
	NB remember that these notes are strongly biased towards a Hampshire interest.
	MAP FEATURES
	HAMPSHIRE TOWNS on the Map
	ROUTES on the Map
	CARY'S NEW ITINERARY 1815
	REFERENCES
	ITEMS in the Collection

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MAP FEATURES
title circular cartouche map maker	Printed lower left:- A NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, ADAPTED TO CARY'S NEW ITINERARY, SHEWING the Whole of the Roads Direct & Cross CONTAINED In that Work. Printed at the bottom is:- London: Published by J. Cary Engraver and Map seller, No.181 Strand
orientation up is N	There is no compass rose or other indicator of orientation. The map is printed with North at the top of the page.
scale line scale	Printed lower right is a scale of:- British Statute Miles graduated and labelled at 5 miles intervals. From the scale line the scale is about 1 to 1306285. The map scale is about:- 1 to 1300000 21 miles to 1 inch
table of symbols index map	Below the scale line lower right is:- Direct Roads [double line] Mail [double line, + shading] Cross Roads [single line] Note The figures added to the Roads shew the route wherein they are described This map is an index map to the road book itineraries.
county	County boundaries are fine dotted lines. The county areas are numbered, a separate sequence each for England, Wales and Scotland. The numbers refer to tables, eg:- REFERENCES ENGLAND 1 Cornwall 2 Devonshire 3 Somersetshire ... 7 Hampshire ... 40 Northumberland Counties are presented in a south to north, west to east order.
settlements	Settlements are positioned by a circle, differentiated by style of lettering.
city	circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Winchester London, the capital, has upright block caps.

town village	circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Alton Ringwood Beaulieu Villages are probably only marked if they are nodes on the road network.

roads post roads	The network of roads is drawn on this road map by double and single lines, for direct and cross roads. The main roads which are post roads have shading on the lines. A junction might be labelled, eg:- Lopton Cor. A road might be named, eg:- Popham Lane Numbers beside a road are route numbers, referring the user to a numbered itinerary in the road book; the map is an index map. This indexing is not done for all routes; the direct and post roads are mostly not numbered, cross roads, which one assumes are less well known, are.
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HAMPSHIRE TOWNS	Of the 'usual' 21 towns in Hampshire, on the map there are:-
	Alton
	Andover
	Basingstoke
	Bps. Waltham
	Christchurch
	Fareham
	Fordingbri.
	Gosport
	Havant
	Kingsclere
	Lymington
	Alresford
	Odiham
	Petersfield
	Portsmouth
	Ringwood
	Romsey
	Southampton
	Stockbri.
	Whitchurch
	Winchester
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ROUTES:	The routes on the map that cross Hampshire are:-

	post road: from London; through Bagshot and by the Golden Farmer, Surrey; then Blackwater, Hartford Bri., Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Hampshire; Lopton Cor. and Salisbury, Wiltshire; and on the Lands End.

	branch from Andover, Hampshire; to Amesbury, Wiltshire; and beyond.

	branch from Basingstoke, through Popham Lane, Sutton [Scotney], Stockbri., Hampshire; then Lopton Cor., Wiltshire, rejoining the Lands End route.

	branch from basingstoke, through Popham Lane, to Winchester, Hampshire; continued from Winchester, through Romsey, Cadnam, Hampshire; joining the Poole Road in Dorset.

	post road: branch from the Lands End road at the Golden Farmer, Surrey; across a corner of Hampshire; through Farnham, Surrey; then Alton, Alresford, Winchester, Southampton, Hampshire; continued from Southampton, through Totton, Cadnam, Ringwood, Hampshire; then Wimborne, to Poole, Dorset.

	branch at the Hampshire/Dorset border direct to Poole, Dorset.

	branch from Ringwood to Christchurch, Hampshire.

	branch from Totton to Lymington, Hampshire

	branch off the Poole Road after Alton, through Filmer Hill, Bps. Waltham, to Southampton, Hampshire.

	branch off the Poole Road to Wickham, Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire; and a join from this road to Bps. Waltham.

	post road: from London; through Godalming, Surrey; then Liphook, Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

	branch off the London to Bath Road, [at about Aldermaston], Berkshire; to Kingsclere, Hampshire.
	Plus a number of cross roads.
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CARY'S NEW	ITINERARY 1815
	Cary's Itinerary was published 1789, 2nd edition 1802, 3rd 1806, 4th 1810, 5th 1812, 6th 1815, 7th 1817, 8th 1819, 9th 1821, 10th 1826, 11th edition 1828.
	Title Page
	CARY'S / NEW ITINERARY: / OR AN / ACCURATE DELINEATION / OF THE / GREAT ROADS, / Both DIRECT and CROSS throughout / ENGLAND AND WALES; / With many of the Principal Roads in / SCOTLAND. / From an ACTUAL ADMEASUREMENT by / JOHN CARY: / Made by COMMAND of his / Majesty's Postmaster General, / FOR / OFFICIAL PURPOSES. / Under Direction and Inspection of / THOMAS HASKER Esqr. / Surveyor and Superintendant of the Mail Coaches. / This WORK shows the IMMEDIATE ROUTE from the / METROPOLIS to all parts of ENGLAND and WALES: / AND / From Town to Town in every direction, distinguishing also, / THE / CITIES, MARKET, BOROUGH AND CORPORATE TOWNS: / And those at which the ASSIZES are held, and gives the time of / the MAILS ARRIVAL and DEPARTURE from each. Describes the / Line of the Navigable Canals and the Course of the Rivers passed over, / The Number of Houses and Inhabitants contained in each Town. / And those INNS which supply Post Horses and Carriages. / ALSO / The INNS throughout the METROPOLIS, from which the MAIL / And STAGE COACHES go, their time of departure, & the ROUTE they severally take. / The NOBLEMEN and GENTLEMEN'S SEATS situate near the Roads, / A List of the PACKET BOATS, and their Time of sailing: COPIOUS INDEXES. / Maps of the I. of Wight Environs of London Bath Brighton Margate & Cheltenham & a Large / Map of ENGLAND and WALES, peculiarly adapted to the Work. / SIXTH EDITION, with IMPROVEMENTS. / LONDON: Printed for J. CARY No. 181 Strand 1815.
	Dedication page
	DEDICATED / By Permission, / To The Right Honorable the / EARL of / Chesterfield, / THE / Liberal Patron of this Work, / BY / His Lordship's / much obliged, and / very obedient Servant, / John Cary, 1815.

	The other introductory pages, and the pages relevant to Hampshire have been transcribed and indexed, and can be found in:-
	Old Hampshire Mapped
	HAMPSHIRE ROUTE DIAGRAM showing Cary page numbers:-

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REFERENCES
	Cary, John: 1815 (6th edn): Cary's New Itinerary: (London)

ITEMS	in HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
	HMCMS:B1990.1794.1 -- road map
	HMCMS:B1990.1794 -- road book
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