Research Notes


Map Group LSWR 1905
LSWR 1905

Notes from a Map of the London and South Western Railway, published by the LSWR, London, 1905. The map studied was on display (restricting access) at Milestones site of Hampshire CC Museums Service. It is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HCCMS:FA1990.1
The map is a colour lithograph; its size is: wxh, map = 948x646mm. The mapping extends outside the map borders, and includes London to Padstow east to west, Cheltenham to the English Channel north to south. Some of these notes will be biased towards Hampshire interest.
MAP FEATURES
HAMPSHIRE TOWNS
ITEMS in the Collection
MAP FEATURES
title    
map maker    
Printed upper left:-
map of the LONDON & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
Printed lower right:-
WATERLOW & SONS LONDON WALL, LONDON 1905.
Text printed upper left declares:-
The shortest, quickest and most direct route to Plymouth, Exeter; North and South Devon, and the West of England, also to Portsmouth, The Isle of Wight, Swanage and Bournemouth.
To Jersey and Guernsey, via Southampton, by the powerful new and fast Royal Mail Steamships also to St. Malo, Cherbourg, Granville and Havre, for Paris, Harfleur, Rouen, Caen, &c. ...
scale    
The map has no indicator of scale. Measuring between places (as well as possible with the map on the wall):- London and Plymouth = 88.2cm; London and Southampton = 33cm. Estimating from these distances gives a map scale about:-
1 to 350000
5.5 miles to 1 inch

table of symbols    
Printed at the bottom are explanations of some of the symbols:-
London & South Western Railway & Stations shewn thus ... [bold solid red line, dot]
Do. ... Do. ... Do. ... Do. Authorized or in course of construction [bold dotted red line]
Other Railways thus ... [black solid line, block]
Authorized or in course of construction ... [dotted black line]
...
sea area    
sea tinted    
The sea area is tinted blue.

coast line    
coast form lines    
The coast is emphasised by form lines.

rivers    
relief    
woods    
No rivers, relief or woodland is shown.
Only very few non railway details are shown, eg:-
SALISBURY PLAIN
labelled and drawn by a shaded red area. A bold dotted circle is labelled:-
STONEHENGE
In Hampshire the:-
NEW FOREST
is labelled, but there are no tree symbols.

county    
County boundaries are light dotted lines. County areas are labelled in pale blue, eg:-
HAMPSHIRE
settlements    
Settlements are implied by the railway stations; except a few places added to show places the railway serves less directly. For example, see the list of Hampshire Towns below.
Places which are not on the railway are marked by a dot and circle.

railways    
The London and South Western Railway, LSWR, dominates the map with a network of bold red lines. Solid lines for existing railways, dotted lines for railways authorised or being constructed. In Hampshire two lines are dotted:- the Bentley to Bordon Light Railway, which opened 1905 and was extended by the Longmoor Military Railway, 1906; and the Totton, Hythe and Fawley Light Railway, which opened 1925.
Note that some routes in the west country are supplemented by coach routes, drawn by a double red line. For example from Tavistock to Liskeard.
Stations are marked by a red dot; labelled in red upright block caps. The lettering size shows the importance of the place, eg:-
WINCHESTER [large]
SOUTHAMPTON [large]
BASINGSTOKE [medium]
WINCHFIELD [small]
At the bottom there is a list of:-
LONDON STATIONS, WATERLOO, LUDGATE VAUXHALL & KENSINGTON.
shipping routes    
Shipping routes run by the LSWR are shown by bold red lines, eg:- Southampton to the Isle of Wight, France and the Channel Islands, and to the United States. The destinations are labelled, eg:-
To NEW YORK
To ST. MALO
... BY FAST ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS
Other steamer routes are shown from Ilfracombe.

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HAMPSHIRE TOWNS
The map includes all the '21' old towns of Hampshire, most of them have a railway station. The place names are:-
Alton
Andover
Basingstoke
Bishops Waltham
Christchurch
Fareham
Fordingbridge
Gosport
Havant
Kingsclere [no station, marked by dot and circle]
Lymington
Alresford
Odiham [no station, marked by dot and circle]
Petersfield
Portsmouth
Ringwood
Romsey
Southampton
Stockbridge
Whitchurch
Winchester
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ITEMS  in HMCMS Map Collection   (scanned item in bold)
HMCMS:FA1990.1 -- railway map (illustrated)
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