notes PIKE 1946

	Research Notes Map Group PIKE 1946

Pike 1946
	Railway strip maps, TRAVELLING ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY, including railways through Hampshire, in the Journey Mile by Mile series, compiled and published by Stuart N Pike, Shepperton, Middlesex, 1946. The copy studied is in a private collection.
	The booklet size is: wxh = 13.5x22cm, soft bound, 36 pages. The booklet has: illustrated cover; index map, Southern Railway, SR, routes in south England; title page; preface, 'The Best Railway Book ever published'; list of rivers and list of counties; strip maps with surrounding topography, desriptive text, and a gradient diagram with journey times; advertisements and a couple of railway pictures.

	INTRODUCTION
	RAILWAYS
	OTHER MAP FEATURES
	ITEMS in the Collection

INTRODUCTION
	COVER & TITLE
	The cover is colour litho printed, illustrated with a lower quadrant signal on an iron lattice signal post:-
	2/1 NET
	TRAVELLING ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
	WATERLOO EDITION
	BY S. N. PIKE., M.B.E.
	THE JOURNEY MILE BY MILE
	...
	SHEP
	WHAT TO SEE EVERY MILE OF THE JOURNEY - RIVERS, ROADS, JUNCTIONS, VIADUCTS, TUNNELS
	CUTTINGS. EMBANKMENTS, GRADIENTS, SPEEDS & TIMES.
	The title page:-
	The Journey 'MILE by MILE' by S. N. PIKE, M.B.E.
	WATERLOO EDITION SOUTHERN RAILWAY
	A book of some 10,000 words and 27 maps, describing in detail the main line Railway between London and Towns of the South and South-West; showing:- GRADIENTS MILEAGES SPEEDS JUNCTIONS VIADUCTS TUNNELS RIVERS and ROADS with an account of features of interest and beauty to be seen from the train.
	The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance received from Officials of the Southern Railway in the prearation of this book.
	The maps herein are based on those of the Ordnance Survey, and are reproduced in this form by kind permission of the Controller of H. M. Stationery Office.
	Published by STUART N. PIKE, Shepperton-on-Thames, Middlesex, England
	Copyright - Other books in this series are in course of production
	INDEX MAPS, STATIONS
	Inside the front cover is an index map, a railway map showing the main lines of the Southern Railway. Not all stations are named on this map.
	Stations are listed in an index on page 5.
	RAILWAY MAPS
	Railways in the booklet are drawn by on a series of strip maps. The railway is a bold line up the page; stations and other features of the line clearly marked. In the right margin the distance of each station from Waterloo is given, and the time taken from station to station. Alongside this is a gradient diagram.
	Features of the surrounding landscape are plotted either side of the railway.
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RAILWAYS
railways relief altitudes gradient diagrams distances from London	The railway is a bold line up the page: stations clearly marked and labelled in underlined upright block caps, eg:- WINCHESTER The distance of each station from London, Waterloo, is given at the side of the map. The time from station to station is also given (one assumes for a non-stop train). For eaxmple Winchester is:- 66 3/4 MILES FROM LONDON 12 MINUTES MICHELDEVER TO WINCHESTER 4 MINUTES to Shawford. Features of the line, embankments, cuttings, tunnels, bridges are shown and sometimes labelled, eg:- deep Cutting Bridges over Also notice:- Railway Works drawn with a mass of sidings and sheds at Eastleigh. Altitude figures are given along the line. A gradient diagram shows the altitude of the line as a graph alongside the strip maps. The diagram is annotated, eg:- LINE LINE FALLS 1:100 LINE RISES STEEPLY 1:80 LINE LEVEL There are comments about the speed on the journey, eg:- Speeds: The slight rise in level through Basingstoke does not affect our speed, and we bowl along at 60 m.p.h. increasing on the down gradient through Overton ... ...
	HAMPSHIRE RAILWAYS
	Referring back to the original names of lines (as used in the Old Hampshire Gazetteer database), the lines described by, or just indicated on, the strip maps are, in date order:-
	London and Southampton Railway Originally from Nine Elms, now from Waterloo, London. Described through Farnborough, Bramshot Halt, Fleet, Winchfield, Hook, Basingstoke, Micheldever, Winchester, Shawford, Eastleigh, Swaythling, St Denys, Northam, Southampton Central, and a branch to the Docks, Hampshire. pp.13-16
	Chichester to Portsmouth branch railway Indicated from Havant, through Emsworth, Hampshire, 'to Chichester', West Sussex. p.12
	Southampton and Dorchester Railway Brockenhurst to Christchurch Railway Described as one route, from Southampton, through Totton, Lyndhurst Road, Bealieu Road, Brockenhurst, Sway, New Milton, Hinton Admiral, Hampshire; then Christchurch, now Dorset; and on to Dorchester and Weymouth, Dorset. pp.16-17 The route of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway itself is indicated as a branch off this route after Brockenhurst. p.17
	Fareham to Cosham branch railway Indicated from the triple junction north of Ports Creek, Portsmouth, through Cosham and westward, Hampshire. p.12
	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway This and other bits of the complex of lines around Farnborough area, Rushmoor, Hampshire, are indicated on the maps. p.13
	Basinstoke and Salisbury Railway Described from Basingstoke, branching off the main line at Worting, through Oakley, Overton, Whitchurch, Hurstbourne, Andover Junction, Grately, Hampshire; then on to Salisbury, Wiltshire; and thence westward. pp.14, 21-22
	Portsmouth Railway Branching off the main line at Woking, Surrey. Described through Liphook, Liss, Petersfield, Rowlands Castle, Havant, Hilsea, Fratton, to Portsmouth and Southsea, and Harbour, Hampshire. pp.10-12
	Andover and Redbridge Railway Indicated from a junction near Totton, 'to Romsey', Hampshire. And indicated from Andover Junction, through Andover Town, Fullerton, and 'to Romsey', Hampshire. pp.16, 21
	Mid Hants, Alton Lines, Railway Indicated entering the main line before Winchester, Hampshire. p.15
	Hayling Railway Described from Havant, through Langstone, North Hayling, to Hayling Island, Hampshire. p.12
	Swindon, Grafton and Marlborough Railway Indicated from the junction outside Andover, through Weyhill, and north wsetward, Hampshire. p.21
	Berkshire and Hampshire Railway Now Great Western Railway, GWR. Indicated entering Basingstoke, Hampshire. p.14
	Totton Hythe and Fawley Light Railway Indicated from a junction outsode Totton through Marchwood, Hythe, and 'to Fawley', Hampshire. p.16
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OTHER MAP	FEATURES

orientation up is destination	The strip maps are drawn with the destination, away from London, at the top of the page. The line is plotted in the landscape, not straightened.
scale	There is no scale line or formal statement of the scale of the maps. Distances from Waterloo, London are given for each station, from which a crude estimate gives a scale about:- 1 to 72000 1 mile to 1 inch
sea area sea plain	Where the sea is shown, at Portsmouth and Southampton for instance, it is plain.
coast line	The coast is just drawn by line.
rivers	Most rivers are drawn by a wiggly line; the Thames which is drawn at its width. Braiding is shown, for instance on the Itchen near Winchester. River names are given for many of the streams, eg:- Lyde River River Loddon River Test Source of River Test on page 14, Basingstoke to Whitchurch.
relief altitudes	Relief is not marked by any symbol, but is indicated by altitude figures along the line and occasionally in the surrounding countryside. A height might be labelled, eg:- WORTHY DOWN 404' St Catherine's Hill 328' Other relief data is given with the railway line.
woods	Woods might be labelled, eg:- DODSLEY WOOD [on left before Winchester, page 15] GREAT DEAN WOOD [on right, past Oakley, page 14] on the left a few miles before Winchester, page 15.
county	County boundaries are drawn bya dash dot line with the county names either side, eg:- HAMPSHIRE / SURREY near Farnborough, page 13.
settlements	Settlements are marked by groups of blocks, or perhaps a phrase:- Built up area [at Fratton, page 12] Little notice is taken of places off the line; unless the railway is judged to serve them? Station and place names are given in upright block caps, underlined. Station names are larger.
roads	Roads are drawn by double line. They might be labelled with Ministry of Transport road numbers.
canals	Canals are noticed, drawn as wiggly lines like rivers, labelled, eg:- Basingstoke Canal Old Canal [Itchen Navigation]
miscellaneous	A variety of things for the traveller to see are labelled. Descriptive text accompanies the maps in text panels, eg:- Attractive wooded farmlands greet us along the banks of the Lyde River, and the River Loddon, a tributary of the Thames, approaches our path, drawing attention to the picturesque old village of Basing on the left side of the line. Basingstoke is an agricultural centre of considerable importance, with ...
antiquities roman roads	A roman road, for example:- ROMAN A.34 ROAD coming into Winchester from Worthy Down.
electric grid	The pylon lines of the electric grid system are marked by a line with arrow marks and labelled:- grid cables
airfields	Eastleigh airfield is labelled:- AERODROME
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