Map Features - city


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NB: typical illustrated examples are described, NOT ALL examples.
absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Gough 1350s-60s
 (city; town walls; town gates)

city & town walls & town gates :-
Winchester is drawn with a church and spire. two houses, and a town wall with gate; labelled:-


wynchestre
Lily 1546
 (city)

city (episcopal) :-
circle, two towers, cross; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINTONIA
Lily 1546
 (city; town)

city & town (county) :-
circle, two towers, flag; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
HAMTONA
Saxton 1575
 (city)

city :-


dot, double circle, lots of buildings, cross on highest tower, name in block caps is a city, eg:-
Winchester
Saxton 1579
 (city)

city :-
labelled in italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Norden 1595
 (city; town walls; town gates)

city & town walls & town gates :-
The county capital is drawn with a cluster of buildings and towers, town walls, town gates, and site astride braids of the River Itchen; labelled in lowercase italic text:-


Winchester
Keer 1604
 (city)

city :-
bold dot, circle, tower and cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Wynchester
Keer 1605
 (city; town)

city & town :-




dot, double circle, tower; labelled lowercase upright text, eg:-
Winchester
Andoner
Norden 1607
 (city)

city :-


Town walls and towers can be seen around Winchester, as also Portsmouth and Southampton.
Speed 1611
 (city)

city :-
dot and circle, towers; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Bill 1626
 (city)

city :-
dot and two circles, towers; eg:-


Winchester
Simmons 1635
 (city)

city :-


dot, circle, buildings, and tower; labelled in lowercase upright text.
Hollar 1644
 (city; town)

city & town (large) :-
circle and tower and buildings; labelled in ?italic block caps, in Hampshire:-
WINCHESTER
SOUTHAMPTON
Blaeu 1645
 (city; town walls)

city & town walls :-
Walls and buildings and towers; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Jansson 1646
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings, towers; labelled in italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
The buildings are drawn all round the position circle, in front as well as behind, so that the circle is in the middle of the town viewed in perspective.
Blome 1673
 (city)

city :-
dot and circle plus towers and buildings; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
(but not Chichester)
Ogilby 1675
 (city)

city :-
circle; labelled in italic block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Morden 1676
 (city)

city :-


circle, building with tower and cross; labelled in upright lowercase:-
Winchester
Walton 1679
 (city)

city :-
dot, circle, buildings, towers, perhaps a cross; labelled in upright lowercase text. eg:-
Winchester
The cross indicates a cathedral? Salisbury and Winchester have one, Chichester does not.
Blome 1681
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings, towers; labelled in italic block caps text, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Lea 1687
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings, towers, perhaps a wall; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Visscher 1690s
 (city)

city :-
circle, plus a cluster of buildings; labelled in upright lowercase, eg:-
Winchester
Seller 1694
 (city)

city :-


circle, buildings, towers; upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Morden 1695
 (city)

city :-


..., buildings; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winehester
Morden 1708
 (city)

city :-
circle, towers, cross; upright block cap lettering, ie:-


WINCHESTER
Chichester has no cross, but is outwith the county ...
Overton 1708
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings, and tower; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Moll 1717
 (city)

city :-
circle, cross for the cathedral, 2 stars for Members of Parliament; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Avery 1721
 (city)

city :-
houses and church; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
CHICHESTER
which is laid out with four quarters of buildings within a town wall, and a church, and strip development of houses along the four roads from the town.
Moll 1724
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings; labelled in ?italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Bowles c1732
 (city)

city :-
Cities are labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Millward and Dickinson 1737
 (city)

city :-
labelled in upright block caps:-
67 / WINCHESTER w. s.
This and other towns have the distance from London in measured miles, and abbreviations for market days.
Badeslade 1742
 (city)

city :-
circle, lots of buildings, label block caps, city, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Cowley 1743
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings, asterisks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Rocque 1746
 (city)

city :-
circle, towers; labelled in italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Hutchinson 1748
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings and towers with crosses; labelled in upright block caps text, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Kitchin and Jefferys 1749
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings and towers; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 67 [2 stars]
Bickham 1750
 (city; town)

city & town :-




The towns are shown by smaller or larger drawings, each a small but unreliable prospect of the place. Some are labelled:-
Petersfield, Portsmouth, Havant, Farham, Waltham, Alton, Alresford, Winchester, Whitchurch, Southampton, Stockbridge, Rumsey, Andover, Lymington, Ringwood, Fording Bridge, Christ Church, Pool
Kitchin 1750
 (city)

city :-
city - circle, buildings and towers with ?flag poles; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Winchester has two stars, for its Members of Parliament.
Kitchin 1751 small
 (city)

city :-


circle, tower, buildings, name in block caps, eg
WINCHESTER
whose symbol is as for a borough town, with 2 stars.
Kitchin 1751 large
 (city)

city :-
Groups of blocks on a street plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Market W & S
which has 2 stars, a crescent, a tilde: sends two members to Parliament, is a Post Stage, has a Religious House, markets on Wednesday and Saturday.
Bowen 1755
 (city)

city :-
circle [I guess], buildings and towers; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Rocque 1760s
 (city)

city :-
circle; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER 62
Bellin 1762
 (city; town; village)

city & town & village :-
group of shaded blocks, perhaps circle, buildings and tower; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Portsmouth
Lymington
Busselton
Note that Southampton is not labelled.
Bowen 1763
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on roads making a minimal street map; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / Wed & Sat.
Southampton is similar, but with italic block caps.
Kitchin 1763
 (city)

city :-
The only city, labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
has a circle outline containg a rudimentary street plan, I think. It has two stars for members of Parliament.
Kitchin 1763
 (city)

city :-
circle and tower(s); labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Hinton 1765
 (city)

city :-
grey built up areas on streets making a town plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


(plate 20 scroll 3 mile 68)
WINCHESTER
Bowen 1767
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on a street plan; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / Wed & Sat / 64
The days are market days. The number is the distance from London, which was added to this later edition of the map. The county town has added elements; two stars indicating a borough sending two members to Parliament, a crook for a religious house, a post with a crescent for a post stage. The last two symbols lie sideways, look carefully.
Kitchin 1769
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks making a street plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Southampton is also shown in street plan style, but labelled in italic block caps. Both these places have two stars for members sent to Parliament.
Bowen 1772
 (city)

city :-
circle, perhaps building and tower; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Unknown 1772
 (city)

city :-
circle, tower; labelled in upright lowercase text:-
Winchester
Bowles 1773
 (city)

city :-
circle, buildings; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Bowles 1780
 (city)

city :-
circle, ?buildings, cross (+(; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Bowles 1782
 (city)

city :-
Same as a town; but upright block caps text. Eg:-
SALISBURY
Southampton is not shown as a city.
Hogg 1784
 (city)

city :-
groups of blocks on a street plan; upright block caps text:-


WINCHESTER
Cary 1787
 (city)

city :-
groups of blocks on a street plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:_
WINCHESTER
The relationship of streets, rivers, roads, etc is visible in some detail though miniature.
Lodge 1788
 (city)

city :-
circle, plus blocks drawn as a great junction of roads with no attempt at a street plan; upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Cary 1789
 (city; town)

city & town :-
The city and towns are labelled in upright block caps text, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Notice arrangement of a street plan, and the suburbs, St Giles.


ANDOVER
Aikin 1790
 (city)

city :-
circle, and a tower; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Southampton also has a building drawn around its circle, and is labelled in upright lowercase text:-
Southampton
Tunnicliff 1791
 (city)

city :-
buildings and tower; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Baker 1792
 (city)

city :-
a few blocks around the meeting of roads; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 65
Faden 1796
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks making a street map; lettered in upright block caps, eg:-


CITY OF WINCHESTER


PETERSFIELD
ALTON
but also, unexpectedly:-
TITCHFIELD
BROUGHTON
Unknown 1800s
 (city)

city :-
circle and tower; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Cary 1802
 (city)

city :-
circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Cooke 1802
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on roads; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Butters 1803
 (city)

city :-
Labelled in upright bold lowercase text, eg:-


Winchester
also used for Salisbury and Chichester. But also for:-
Alresford
Petersfield
Laurie and Whittle 1806
 (city)

city :-
Block caps text, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Wilkes 1806
 (city; town)

city & town :-
Towns, and the one city, are shown by a group of blocks around a road junction, crudely tinted red. The junction layout may not reflect the actual road layout, it's just a join of roads. Labelled in upright block caps text; the city is not distinguished from the towns. Eg:-


WINCHESTER / 54


STOCKBRIDGE / 68
FORD OF ALRESFORD / 67
The expected towns are marked in this way, but also Broughton! The figures by a town are the distance from London.
Potts 1809
 (city)

city :-
bold dot and double circle; labelled in upright block caps, eg:_
WINCHESTER
OS 1810s Old Series
 (city)

city :-
shaded and shadowed areas on a street plan, perhaps some blocks, perhaps a cross for a church; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Among the clutter is it is possible to pick out the cathedral, drawn in solid outline, and river streams.
Vancouver 1810
 (city)

city :-
small group of buildings on roads; labelled in italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Wallis 1810
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks at a meeting of roads; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 65
Cary 1815
 (city)

city :-
circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
London, the capital, has upright block caps.
Cundee 1815
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks by the roads; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62 1/2
Wallis 1815
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Rowe 1816
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks arranged in a sort of street plan, with a cross for a church; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / By Basingstoke 62 1/2 / Farnham 65 1/4 [2 stars]


ALTON / 47
PETERSFIELD / 54 3/4 [2 stars]
The figures are the distance from London in measured miles. The stars show the number of members returned to Parliament - remember that this map is drawn before the Reform Act 1832.
Hall 1820
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text:-


Winchester 65 [2 stars]
Smith 1820
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks and an asterisk; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Pinnock 1821
 (city)

city :-
double circle, upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 63
The symbol has a cross (+) above it. The 63 in a circle is the distance from London.
Perrot 1823
 (city)

city :-
double circle; lowercase upright text, eg:-


Winchester
Post Office 1823
 (city)

city :-
labelled in italic block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
The capital 'LONDON' is in upright block caps.
Greenwood 1826
 (city; town)

city & town :-
groups of blocks on streets; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER


FAREHAM
Notice that Southampton, for example, has two stars indicating it sends two members to Parliament. The stars are missing off some towns, eg Winchester.
Pigot 1828
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 64 [2 stars]
The stars denote the number of members returned to Parliament. The figure is the distance from London.
Darton 1830s
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on streets; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / By Farnham 65 1/4 / Basingstoke 62 1/2 [red ring, red cross, red rhombus]
Principal place of county election; polling place; returns 2 members to Parliament. The figures are distances from London.
Walker 1830
 (city)

city :-
dot and circle; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Murray 1830
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WHITCHURCH / 57 [2 stars]
WINCHESTER / 63
STOCKBRIDGE / 66 [2 stars]
The distance from London is given with the town name.
Teesdale 1830
 (city)

city :-
a few blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 62
Lewis 1831
 (city)

city :-
blocks on ?streets; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Cobbett 1832
 (city)

city :-
city; a double circle; labelled in upright lowercase text:-


Winchester
Dawson 1832
 (city; town)

city & town :-
Borough towns have the red circle, maybe with an outer circle, showing they return 1, or 2, members to Parliament; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER [returns 2 members, principal place of county election]


ANDOVER [returns 2 members]


PETERSFIELD [returns 1 member]
Other towns are marked by a few blocks by their roads; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Alton
Basingstoke
Tymms 1832
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on roads; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Duncan 1833
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 63 [cross; 2 stars]
Hall 1833
 (city)

city :-


street plan perhaps with shaded area for buildings; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62
Pinnock 1833
 (city)

city :-
perhaps some blocks, and a grid of roads pretending to be a street map; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 62
Lewis 1835
 (city; town)

city & town (borough) :-
electoral data symbol; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
LYMINGTON
Pigot 1835
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER


LYMINGTON
STOCK-BRIDGE
Moule 1836
 (city)

city :-
Rectangular blocks grouped along streets; labelled in italic block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
Dower 1838
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks usually at a road junction; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 62


ALTON / 49
FAREHAM / 74
The figures are the distance from London.
Robson 1839
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks, perhaps with a cross for a church; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 63 [double circle]


PETERSFIELD / 54 [circle; cross]


ALTON / 47 [cross]
The figure is the distance from London.
Winchester with a double circle, returns two members to Parliament under the new rules; Petersfield with a single circle, returns one member, but two stars can be seen as well, it used to return two members; Alton has no circles, any stars are obscured. Petersfield and Alton have a maltese cross indicating they are polling places.
The marking of Portsmouth is a mess, the older blocks show under the new double circles, there are two stars, and a maltese cross.
Hughes 1840
 (city)

city :-
streets of blocks; labelled with upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 61 1/2
Sporting Review 1842
 (city)

city :-
Group of blocks, a suggestion of streets; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER
Ramble 1845
 (city; town)

city & town :-
small group of blocks on the roads; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Winchester


Alton
Odiham
Collins 1850
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks (hidden); labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / by Basingstoke 62 1/2 / Farnham 65 1/4
Towns are labelled with their distance from London.
Unknown 1850s
 (city)

city :-
(overlain by a vignette); labelled in upright block caps, eg:_
WINCHESTER
Day 1852
 (city)

city :-
larger group of blocks; labelled in larger upright block caps:-


CITY OF WINCHESTER
Cruchley 1856
 (city)

city :-
A city is drawn by groups of blocks along streets, the cathedral drawn by building and tower; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER [maltese cross and arrow, square, two stars]
This city has other churches as well, named, eg:-
St Cross
St Giles
Winchester has a maltese cross and arrow indicating that it is a Chief Place of County Election (so is Southampton) and has two asterisks indicating that it returns two members to Parliament. The borough boundary is a dashed line.
Philip 1857-1900
 (city; town)

city & town :-
group of blocks, or shading for built up areas; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
SOUTHAMPTON


ALTON
STOCKBRIDGE
There is no attempt to depict a street plan in towns.
Brannon 1859
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks on a street plan; labelled in larger upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Cassell, Petter and Galpin 1860s
 (city; town)

city & town (large) :-
group of blocks, no attempt to make a street plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
PORTSMOUTH
SOUTHAMPTON
Raynbird c1860
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in bold upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Reynolds 1860
 (city)

city :-
groups of blocks on streets; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER / 62
Unknown 1860s
 (city)

city :-
a few blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62
Dispatch 1863
 (city; town)

city & town (borough) :-
group of blocks or shaded and shadowed areas; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
LYMINGTON
SOUTHAMPTON
Hughes 1868
 (city)

city :-
Groups of blocks making a street plan; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Black 1870s
 (city)

city :-
circle, plus four arms as if the circle overlays a plus sign; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Weller 1870s
 (city; town)

city & town (borough) :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
ANDOVER
SOUTHAMPTON
PORTSMOUTH
(The last has sans serif lettering, unlike the other labels.)
Kelly 1875
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
Letts 1884
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks at the confluence of roads; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER / 63
Winchester has a red maltese cross for a cathedral city; is underlined by four blue dots to show it is a post town; has a red sword as a place where county courts are held; has a red square for a place where quarter sessions are held; has two red dots indicating it is a parliamentary borough returning two members to Parliament; and has blue letters for market days:-
W & S
Wednesday and Saturday.
The figure is the distance from London. The various added elements are not always easy to read, getting lost in the detail on the map.
Philip 1886
 (city)

city :-
large circle, shaded; labelled in upright bold block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
Bazaar 1890
 (city)

city :-
labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62 [2 stars]
MacKenzie 1893
 (city)

city :-
group of blocks making some sort of street map; labelled in upright block caps:-


WINCHESTER
A cross marks the Cathedral, the two railways and stations are shown, the river is shown through the town.
Gall and Inglis 1900s
 (capital city)

capital city :-
labelled in block caps:-
LONDON
Gall and Inglis 1900s
 (city; town)

city & town :-
larger towns labelled in upright lowercase, eg:-
Winchester
Southampton
smaller towns labelled in italic lowercase, eg:-
Andover
Alton
Gall and Inglis 1900s
 (capital city)

capital city :-
labelled in upright san serif block caps:-
LONDON
Johnston 1900s
 (city)

city :-
dot and circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Winchester
Pratt 1905
 (city; town)

city & town :-
double circle; labelled in upright sans serif block caps. eg:-


WINCHESTER
WHITCHURCH
Larger towns might be labelled in a slightly larger, serifed, block caps; in Hampshire:-
SOUTHAMPTON
PORTSMOUTH
Bacon 1906
 (city; town; village; hamlet)

city & town & village & hamlet (?) :-
groups of houses and perhaps a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Guildford
Petersfield
Corsham
The size if text may be an indicator of size of settlement.
The other end of this road is:-
PORTSMOUTH
in upright block caps.
OS 1920s Popular Edition
 (city)

city :-
WINCHESTER
Amalgamated Press 1930s
 (city; town)

city & town (large) :-
Labelled in bold upright block caps, eg:-


WINCHESTER
SOUTHAMPTON
PORTSMOUTH
Lang 1936
 (city; town)

city & town :-
circle; labelled in upringht block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
ALTON
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