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Research Notes
Map Group DABORN 1959
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Daborn 1959
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These notes are taken from a bronze and enamel Map of
Hampshire believed to have been designed by C S Daborn, 1959. The
shield shape map is mounted on wood as a plaque and was:-
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PRESENTED TO / THE SHIP'S COMPANY of H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE / by the
PEOPLE of HAMPSHIRE / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR PRIDE IN THE SHIP / AND
THEIR REGARD FOR THOSE WHO SAIL IN HER.
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engraved on a silver rectangle below the map. The map was hung
in the wardroom of HMS Hampshire, a guided missile destroyer of
the late 1950s to 1970s. Later the map was held in the Naval
Trophy Centre, Portsmouth (and probably was returned there in
2002). The map has no indication of its makers but is believed to be
the same design as a wall painted map in the Wellington Room, QE
II Building, The Castle, Winchester, the offices of Hampshire
County Council. The wall map is dated and signed:-
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C. S. Daborn, ARCA. 1959.
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The bronze map size is wxh, map = 69.5x67.5cm. It is
heavy.
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| MAP FEATURES |
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title
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Enamelled in red upper left is:-
HAMPSHIRE
and below this is the county badge.
labelled:-
COM: SOUTHTON
ie County of Southampton.
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scale
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There is no indication of scale. Judging from the overall size
it is about:-
2 miles to 1 inch
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compass rose
up is N
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Mounted on the right, on top of the map, is an enamel compass
rose; star points for the cardinal, half cardinal, and false
points. The map is made with North at the top
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relief
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The map is made with layer colouring, different enamels, to
show relief. The vertical interval is not given, but, at a guess,
is about 50m. There are four layers: green, plae green, cream,
yellow. The map provides a very clear impression of the 'bones'
of the county; Hampshire Downs, South Downs, Wealden Edge, North
Hampshire Downs, etc, with the various river basins.
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rivers
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The major river systems are marked, their wiggly lines
emphasised by the surrounding relief.
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county
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Coloured enamel is used for the county area. The names of the
adjacent counties are cast in the bronze background, and each has
an applied badge of the county coat of arms; Dorset, Wiltshire,
Berkshire, Surrey and Sussex.
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settlements
coat of arms
badges
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A limited number of settlements are shown, by a name label.
Some towns, not all the 'market towns', also have their coat of
arms on an enamel badge mounted on the map:-
Winchester
Aldershot
Andover
Basingstoke
Christchurch
Eastleigh
Gosport
Lymington
Portsmouth
Romsey
Southampton
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