notes Rocque 1760s?

	Research Notes Map Group ROCQUE 1760s?

Rocque 1760s?
	ROCQUE'S MAP of ENGLAND and WALES, 1760s These notes are taken from the Hampshire part of a jigsaw puzzle made from a map, the Traveller's Companion, or Post Roads of England and Wales, believed to be by John Rocque, London, about 1760s, cut into a jigsaw published by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1786. The map studied is in the Childhood Collection, Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:D1991.1. Note: this item is not found in the Map Collection Catalogue.
	The map is a hand coloured engraving, size: wxh = 47x54cm.
	NB remember that these notes are only for Hampshire.
	MAP FEATURES
	HAMPSHIRE ROADS
	HAMPSHIRE TOWNS

MAP FEATURES
map maker	The map is thought to be by John Rocque, who moved to England in 1734, and died 1762.
orientation up is N	The map is printed with North at the top of the page.
scale	Using the position of Hampshire's towns the map scale has been estimated at about (using DISTTAB.exe):- 1 to 1200000 19.5 miles to 1 inch
sea area sea shaded	The sea is shaded and tinted blue (or the coast is shaded far out from land). Some sea areas are labelled, eg:- Southampton [Southampton Water] Spithead
coast line headlands	The coast line is shaded far out from land. Some headlands are noticed, eg:- Selsey Bill and perhaps Spithead is meant for the headland not the sea area.
rivers	Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines, and might be labelled, eg:- Tees R. [Test] Wye R. [northern Wey] Hampshire has the Stour, Avon, Lymington River, Beaulieu River, Test, Itchen, Rother, and northern Wey.
county	The county boundary is a dotted line, tinted. It is also used as the line to dissect the jigsaw. The jigsaw was a teaching toy, concerned with the shapes and positions if counties in the country. The county area, Hampshire, is labelled:- HANTS
settlements distances from London	Settlements are positioned by a circle, differentiated by style of lettering. Cities and other large towns have a figure for the distance from London.
city	circle; labelled in upright block caps:- WINCHESTER 62

town	circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Alton Fareham
	But a large town might be labelled in italic block caps, eg:- SOUTHAMPTON 77
roads road distances	Roads are drawn by double lines, bold light, and single lines. Road distances are given between places by figures beside the road; read carefully to know what places the distances are between.
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HAMPSHIRE	ROADS
	The main roads in Hampshire are:-

	from London; through Staines, Middlesex; 28 miles across Surrey; to Basingstoke, 11 to Whitchurch, 6 to Andover, Hampshire; 17 miles via [Lopcombe Corner] to Salisbury, Wiltshire; and west, probably to Lands End.

	alternative route from Basingstoke, 21 miles via [Popham Lane] to Stockbridge, Hampshire; 14 via [Lopcombe Corner] to Salisbury, Wiltshire; and beyond.

	branch from Basingstoke, 17 miles via [Popham Lane] to Winchester, 11 to Southampton, Hampshire; continued from Southampton, 17 miles to Ringwood, Hampshire; then to Wimborne Minster and Poole, Dorset, etc.

	branch from Southampton, 18 miles via [Redbridge] to Lymington, Hampshire.

	from Southampton, 8 miles to Rumsey Hampshire; to Salisbury, Wiltshire; and beyond.

	from London; through Staines, Middlesex; 21 miles across Surrey and Hampshire; to Farnham, Surrey; 9 to Alton, 10 to Alresford, 6 to Winchester, Hampshire.

	branch from Alton, part way southward towards Petersfield and Waltham (continuing as minor roads).

	fro London; through Godalming, Surrey; then Petersfield, 17 1/2 miles via [Cosham] to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

	branch from [Cosham] to Havant, Hampshire; then 9 miles to Chichester, Sussex.
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HAMPSHIRE	TOWNS
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	The usual 21 towns are shown:-
	Alton
	Andover
	Basingstoke
	Waltham
	Christ Ch.
	Fareham
	Fordingbridge
	Gosport
	Havant
	Kingsclere
	Lymington
	Alresford
	Odiham
	Petersfield
	Portsmouth
	Ringwood
	Rumsey
	Southampton
	Stockbridge
	Whitchurch
	Winchester
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