Map Features - hamlet


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NB: typical illustrated examples are described, NOT ALL examples.
absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Saxton 1575
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-


dot, circle, building is a hamlet, or perhaps just a house. The arrangement of building and circle varies, there might be two buildings; nice examples are Lynkenholt, Littleton, Emsworth
Norden 1595 ms
 (hamlet; village)

hamlet & village :-
circle, vertical line
Hamlets & villages
Norden 1595
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
Hamlets ie 'villages' have an upright line atop the dot and circle; labelled in lowercase italic text, eg:-


blackwater
hyth
Norden 1607
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-


Blaeu 1645
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; lowercase italic text.


Bradley
On an earlier map by John Speed, which was probably a source for this map by Blaeu, there is a hundred labelled 'Andover Without Hundred'. Close by the W is the circle marking Thruxton village. Blaeu has been fooled by the poor layout. If you count the circle marks for villages carefully in this area, now called 'Andover Hundred' you will see he has plotted a new hamlet:-


Without
Jansson 1646
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Okehanger
East Stratton
The non existent hamlet of Without is noted above.
Blome 1673
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
dot and circle, or just a circle; labelled in the slightly smaller italic lowercase text. The place name is sometimes linked to its dot by a tail on the last letter of the text, eg:-


Pitt
Sutton
Blome 1681
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-


Owselbury
Blome 1681
 (hamlet)

hamlet (?) :-
Hook has a cross
Butser hill has a line
Sidmanton has a half cross
Harbridg has a decorated cross
It might be possible to interpret the map maker's intentions; but it might not repay the effort?
Collins 1693
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
Hamlets are just a scatter of buildings, labelled in lowercase italic, eg:-


Leape
or unlabelled as at Havant!
Morden 1695
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-


crcle, also used to mark any other feature; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Hook / Chilling
Moll 1724
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lower case text, eg:-


Chilcum
Beriton
Kitchin and Jefferys 1749
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Ropley
M Wallop
Kitchin 1750
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
hamlet - circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Wallop
Burgclear
Kitchin 1751 small
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-


circle, named in lower case italic.
Parishes or Villages
eg Silchester.
Kitchin 1751 large
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
Circle; labelled in smaller italic lowercase, eg:-


Sutton
Suberton
Bellin 1762
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
shaded block or two, perhaps a circle, building and tower; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Badsley
Gosport
Kirbridge
Bowen 1763
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; labelled in smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-
Hern [N of Headley]
Bashley [E of Sopley]
This style of lettering is used generally for features on the map.
Kitchin 1763
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Merdon
Barcley Kings
Bowen 1767
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Fritham
L. Worldham
Note that there is no letter for a parish status.
Kitchin 1769
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Greatley
Bramley
Whitworth 1770
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
and other places, a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Bolsington
Park farm
Fullerton
Kimbridge Mill
Mackenzie 1780s
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
Hamlets have just a scatter of blocks, and perhaps a building in perspective; labelled in lowercase text; eg:-
Key-haven
Horl
Bowles 1782
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
Just a cluster of square blocks along the road; labelled in lowercase italic text.
Places, of any size, off the road are mostly indicated by a label at the road junction, eg:-
to Winchester
Some villages/hamlets not far from the route are shown by a drawing of a church, and labelled, eg:-


(page 103/104 scroll 3 mile 59)
Ovington
Cary 1787
 (hamlet; house; farm)

hamlet & house & farm :-
drawing of a building, a house; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Compton
Fritham
Wyatts [a house? W of Alton]
Durham Fa. [near Maple Durham]
Lowr Farm [NW of Exton]
A hamlet on a road might be marked by a small group of blocks, eg:-
Lower Froyle
Fullerton
Lodge 1788
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
circle; italic lowercase text, eg:-


Silver Str.
W Wellow
Clanville
von Reilly c1789
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Funtley
Boarhunt
Faden 1796
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
small group of blocks; lettered in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Oakhanger
Hatherden
Caval Acre [ENE of Wherwell]
Laurie and Whittle 1806
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
Lowercase italic text, eg:-


Liphook
Wilkes 1806
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet (?) :-
Villages are shown by a plus sign (+), a cross? labelled in upright lowercase text. Eg:-


Upper Wallop
Twyford
Some villages have a small group of blocks on a road instead of the cross, eg:-
Porchester
There are confusions, eg:-
Fareham
with a + marked and labelled just north of:-
FAREHAM
shown as a town.
Not all villages have the cross, eg:-
Empshot
E. Dean
and villages might be very small, eg:-
Little Worldham
Farley
Wilkes 1806
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
A few settlements are labelled in lowercase italic text without any position mark. These may be hamlets, eg:-


Lower Froyle
Burcot
but this labelling id used for other features as well.
OS 1810s Old Series
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
smaller scatter of blocks on roads; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Nurstead
Oakhanger
Neatham
Cundee 1815
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
a cross or a few blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Upper Wallop [blocks and cross]
Lower Wallop [blocks]
Worldham [cross]
Other features are labelled in this style of text.
Rowe 1816
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a few block; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Faccombe
Itchel
This style of lettering is used generally for other features on the map.
Greenwood 1826
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
some blocks on or off the roads; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Oakhanger
Many other features are labelled with this style of text.
Pigot 1828
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
A single block; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
The block and italic label are used for all sorts of other features.
Darton 1830s
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block, probably without a cross; labelled in italic lower case text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
A house and other features might be marked and labelled the same way.
Murray 1830
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
small group of blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Oakhanger
Lipscomb
This style of lettering is used generally for labelling features, for instance farms and houses.
There seems to be a hamlet called:-
Cabbage Patch
north of Shalden, what?
Teesdale 1830
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
a bock or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Exton
Upper Wallop
Lewis 1831
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or more and/or a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Beauworth
Duncan 1833
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
one or more blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Oakhanger
This style of lettering is also used for any other feature.
Hall 1833
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a few blocks, no cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Thorpe
Nth. Oakley
This style of lettering is used generally for features on the map.
Pigot 1835
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, perhaps in two sizes, eg:-


Upr. Wallop / Lr. Wallop
Hartley
Lyndhurst
Dower 1838
 (hamlet; farms)

hamlet & farms :-
a block or two, or none; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Upr Sombourn
Quite a number of farms are marked in this way, besides other features.
Robson 1839
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or three; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
This lettering is used for all sorts of less important place names, etc.
Hughes 1840
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
single block; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Oakhanger
Finchdean
This symbol might mark other small features.
Collins 1850
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
small group of blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Itchel
This style of lettering is used generally for other features.
Day 1852
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
smaller group of blocks or just a cross (+); labelled in small upright lowercase text, eg:-


Froyle
Wickham
Cruchley 1856
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
A hamlet is shown by fewer blocks scatterd along a road; labelled in lowercase italic, eg:-


Oakhanger
Upr. Sombourn
Philip 1857-1900
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Oakhanger
Middle Wallop
This style of lettering is used generally for labelling other features on the map.
Brannon 1859
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Arnewood
This style of lettering is used generally for other features.
Cassell, Petter and Galpin 1860s
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Middle Wallop
Upr. Sombourn
This style of lettering is used for other features on the map. Differentiation between villages and hamlets is not sure.
Dispatch 1863
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Middle Wallop
Oakhanger
This style of text is used generally for map features.
Hughes 1868
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
one or two blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Poolhampton
Chidden
Black 1870s
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet (?) :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
E. Worldham
Upper Wallop
Kelly 1875
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Oakhanger
Egbury
This style of lettering is used generally for other feature labels.
Letts 1884
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Middle Wallop
Italic lowercase is used to label all sorts of features on the map.
Philip 1886
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
smaller circle; labelled in smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-
Kilmeston
Bazaar 1890
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet (?) :-
labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Chawton
Mid. Wallop
MacKenzie 1893
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
a block or two; labelled in light italic lowercase text, eg:-
Batts Corner
Johnston 1900s
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
circle; labelled in light italic lowercase text, eg:-
Over Wallop
Highclere
The choice of places to be included seems to be influenced by what space is available between other features.
Pratt 1905
 (town; village; hamlet)

town & village & hamlet :-
circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Lymington
Alton
Stockbridge
Beaulieu
Middle Wallop
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
 (hamlet)

hamlet :-
... labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Durley Street
Amalgamated Press 1930s
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-
Labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


E. Meon
Middle Wallop
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