Map Features - village


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In order by date from the Map group (maker year)
NB: typical illustrated examples are described, NOT ALL examples.
absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
Saxton 1575
 (village)

village :-


dot, circle, church, or at least a tower is a village, eg:-
Shelborn
Norden 1595 ms
 (village)

village :-
circle, tower
Parishes
Norden 1595 ms
 (hamlet; village)

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

village :-
Villages ie 'parishes', have a tower; labelled in lowercase italic text, eg:-


quareley
Exton
Keer 1605
 (village)

village :-


dot, circle and tower; labelled lowercase italic text, eg:-
Ripley
There is one settlement, Bisthorne north of Christchurch which has dot, circle, but no tower - I am inclined to think this is a mistake not meaningful.


Norden 1607
 (village)

village :-


Bill 1626
 (village)

village :-
dot and circle, small tower; eg:-


Okeley
Simmons 1635
 (town; village; house)

town & village & house :-


dot, circle, tower; labelled in lowercase italic text.
Villages and at least one house:-
The Vine
are marked by the same symbol.




Hollar 1644
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Upwallop
Selborne
Blaeu 1645
 (village)

village :-
circle, tower with ?flagpole; lowercase italic text.


Portsey
Jansson 1646
 (village)

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


Nether Wallop
Micheldevor
Blome 1673
 (village)

village :-
dot and circle plus tower, or tower and building; labelled in slightly smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-


Littleton
Whitchurch
Portsey
Morden 1676
 (town; village)

town & village :-




On the playing cards these are positioned by a circle, labelled in italic lowercase. On the sheet map a building with tower is added to the ?more important places, the towns; this is often severly cramped by the existing place name engraving. Two extra places are added (t if tower and building added, x if extra):-
Abotsham [Abbots Ann?]
Alersford [New Alresford]
Alton [t]
Andover [t]
Basingstoke [t]
Bushwaltham [t]
Calshot
Caston [Easton]
Christ Church [t]
Debden
Elinge
Ellingham
Fairleigh [Farley]
Farham [t]
Fordingbridg [t]
Fowley
Havant [tx]
Hawkley
Hound
Husborne [Hurstbourne Priors]
Kingsclere [t]
Kingston [where ??]
Lemington [t]
Odiam [t]
Overton
Petersfeild [t]
Porchester
Portsmouth [t]
Ringwood [t]
Rumsey [t?]
S Hampton [t]
Silchester
Stokbridg [t?]
Swarwotton
Whitchurch [tx]
The two towns marked [x] are not on the playing card version.
Walton 1679
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Hartley Row
Overton
Blome 1681
 (village)

village :-
circle, tower; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-


Littleton
Crawley
Collins 1693
 (village)

village :-
villages are drawn as a scatter of buildings with a church, and labelled in lowercase italic text, eg:-


Kingston
Bewley
Seller 1694
 (village)

village :-


circle; italic lowercase text, eg:-
Hale
Morden 1695
 (village)

village :-


circle, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Cove
Morden 1708
 (village)

village :-
circle; italic lowercase lettering


Bently
There may be some variation in lettering size but it does not look a reliable guide to importance.
A circle and name might be used for any feature.
A name might not have a circle, perhaps marking a feature which is not a settlement, eg:-
Onion Hole
by Silchester, referring to the finds of onion pennies here, mentioned by William Camden.
Overton 1708
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Okely
M. Wallop
Gosport
Moll 1717
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Overton
Only a few villages are shown.
Avery 1721
 (village)

village :-
one or two houses, or a street of houses, perhaps a church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Hamble
Itching
Moll 1724
 (village; hamlet)

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


Chilcum
Beriton
Bowles c1732
 (village)

village :-
Villages are labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Otterborn
Millward and Dickinson 1737
 (village)

village :-
labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Lippock
Otterborn
Badeslade 1742
 (village)

village :-
circle (no dot), label italic, village, eg:-
Cowley 1743
 (village)

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


Sutton [Sutton Scotney]
Harndon
Only villages that are (necessary?) way points on a principal road are drawn.
Rocque 1746
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase, eg:-


Exton
W.Wordelam
Villages are not differentiated from hamlets.
There are some nice spelling mistakes - I'm assuming they are errors - like Middlemarsh for Michelmersh where the word shape is the same suggesting an engraver's or copyist's best attempt to read a poor manuscript. Other different spellings are not so easily explained away.
Hutchinson 1748
 (village)

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


W Wolham
Gratley
Gosport
Kitchin and Jefferys 1749
 (village; hamlet)

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


Ropley
M Wallop
Kitchin 1750
 (village)

village :-
village - circle, perhaps a square of building close round the circle, and a ?flag pole; labelled in italic lowercase, eg:-


Sutton [Sutton Scotney]
Boldre
Kitchin 1751 small
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet :-


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

village :-
Circle, cross and letter(s); labelled in italic lowercase, eg:-


Stoke Charity R
having a rectory.
A village on a road may have groups of blocks along the road, eg at Cheriton on the road from Petersfield to Winchester.
Bowen 1755
 (village)

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


Wunston
Blendworth
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.
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
 (village)

village :-
church symbol; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Worldham V
Chawton / R
Burhunt / C
using the same letters for the status of the church as for towns.
Kitchin 1763
 (village)

village :-
circle and cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Meon Stoke
The cross might be at any angle to the circle; Up Wallop has it upright, Meonstoke has it at 4o'clock.
If the place has a fair its name is underlined, eg:-
Weyhill
Kitchin 1763
 (town; village)

town & village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Andover
Harndon
Hinton 1765
 (village)

village (on the road) :-
Smaller group of blocks along the road, possibly with a church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


(plate 21 scroll 6 mile 78)
East Dean
West Tytherley
Hinton 1765
 (village)

village (off the road) :-
church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Piddle Hinton
in Dorset, about 119m. from London.
Bowen 1767
 (village)

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


Uppr. Wallop / R
Selborne / V / [crook for a religious house]
The letter indicates the status of the parish.
Kitchin 1769
 (village; hamlet)

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


Greatley
Bramley
Whitworth 1770
 (village)

village :-
blocks along a road, perhaps with a drawing of a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Ling's Somborn
Longstoke
Bowles 1773
 (village)

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


Lippock
Sutton [Sutton Scotney]
Jefferys 1775
 (village)

village :-
blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Monkston
A village off the route is more likely to have a symbol, block, circle, and cross, labelled as:-


Abbots Ann Ch.
A circle with a flag marks:-
Way hill
Bowles 1780
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text. eg:-


Sutton [Scotney]
Popham Lane
Horndean
Mackenzie 1780s
 (village)

village :-
Villages have a church and perhaps buildings drawn in perspective, plus a scatter of small blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text; eg:-
Milford
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
Hogg 1784
 (village)

village :-
circle, given in the table of symbols; italic lowercase text, eg:-


Froyle
Cary 1787
 (village)

village :-
drawing of a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Froxfield
Crawley
Owslebury
Lodge 1788
 (village)

village :-
circle and cross ie a vicarage; italic lowercase text, eg:-


Owslebury
Alton
Cary 1789
 (village)

village :-
Villages and hamlets are labelled, in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Quarley
S. Mary Bourne
Italic lowercase is used for many other features.
von Reilly c1789
 (village)

village :-
perhaps a house symbol; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Wickham
Alverstoke
Tunnicliff 1791
 (village)

village :-
circle; labelled in lowercase italic text, eg:-
Worldham
Baker 1792
 (village)

village :-
cross (+), perhaps some blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Lor. Wallop
Colemore
Faden 1796
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks on and by roads and perhaps a cross (+) for a church; lettered in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Meonstoke
Quarley
Unknown 1800s
 (town; village)

town & village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Alton
Sutton [Scotney]
A large town might have a tower with the circle.
Cary 1802
 (town; village)

town & village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Alton
Sutton [Scotney]
Cooke 1802
 (village)

village :-
a block or two by a road; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Thruxton
Upr. Wallop
Butters 1803
 (village)

village :-
A few villages and lesser places are labelled, perhaps because they are road junctions. Labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Chalton
Hertford Br.
New Inn
Fawley
The last not being on any road. Not all road junctions have a place label.
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
OS 1810s Old Series
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks on roads and streets, a cross for a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Hambledon
Hinton Ampner
East Worldham
Vancouver 1810
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks, or just a cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Bentley
Froyle
Wallis 1810
 (village)

village :-
perhaps a block, or nothing; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Bictorn
Droxford
The former has no marker.
Other features use the same lettering.
Cary 1815
 (town; village)

town & village :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Alton
Ringwood
Beaulieu
Villages are probably only marked if they are nodes on the road network.
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.
Wallis 1815
 (village)

village :-
a circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Sutton
Wallop
Rowe 1816
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks and a cross for a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Wst. Worldham
East Meon
Hall 1820
 (village)

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


Mid Wallop
Bordean
Pinnock 1821
 (village)

village :-
small circle, italic lowercase, eg:-


Botley
The allocation of text style and circle size is not too careful. A couple of other towns a have double circles, Kingsclere and Basingstoke; at least one village has upright text, Hambledon.
Post Office 1823
 (village)

village :-
labelled in smaller italic lowercase text, eg:-
Botley
Kingsclere
Greenwood 1826
 (village)

village :-
blocks grouped on roads, and perhaps a cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Lower Wallop
Monkston
This is often the label for a parish, the church being shown by a maltese cross. Some places have a label as:-
Parsonage
Vicarage
but its not always clear which house is meant.
Pigot 1828
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


East Worldham
Darton 1830s
 (village)

village :-
one or a group of blocks, probably with a cross indicating a church; labelled in upright lower case text, eg:-


West Worldham
Walker 1830
 (village)

village :-
circle, smaller and no dot; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
E. Worldham
Murray 1830
 (village)

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


Chawton
Ibbesley
Cheriton
Teesdale 1830
 (village; hamlet)

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


Exton
Upper Wallop
Lewis 1831
 (village)

village :-
blockS and/or a cross (+); labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Chawton
Cobbett 1832
 (village)

village :-
One village is marked with a dot and circle, labelled in italic lowercase text slanting across the page whereas all other place names are level.
Botley is where William Cobbett had a home for many years in Hampshire.
Dawson 1832
 (village)

village :-
The few other places are marked by a cross, perhaps for a church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Cheriton
Bramley
Tymms 1832
 (village)

village :-
small group of blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Weyhill
Highclere
Duncan 1833
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks, and a cross for a church, perhaps just the cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Lower Wallop
Hall 1833
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks, usually with a cross for a church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Selbourne
Pinnock 1833
 (village)

village :-
a cross, and maybe a block or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Hartley Maudit
Upper Wallop
Lewis 1835
 (village)

village :-
cross (+) or nothing except the label; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Bramley
Hawkley
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
Moule 1836
 (village)

village :-
Rectangular blocks on a road, or not, or maybe just a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Selbourne
Lower Worldham
Twyford
Dower 1838
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks by the road, probably with a cross for the church, maybe just the cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Lower Wallop
Sherfield English
East Dean
Robson 1839
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks and/or a cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Bramdean [blocks and cross]
Lyndhurst [cross]
Bramshaw [blocks]
Hughes 1840
 (village)

village :-
a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercsae text, eg:-


Selbourne
Brockenhurst
Chawton has a double cross (like a cross of Loraine)
Sporting Review 1842
 (village)

village :-
Perhaps one or two blocks; labelled in lowercase italic text, eg:-
Froxfield
Ramble 1845
 (village)

village :-
a block, perhaps; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Shalldon
Burriton
Collins 1850
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks, perhaps with a cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Medstead
Unknown 1850s
 (village)

village :-
a cross (+); labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Leckford
E. Worldham
Botley
Day 1852
 (village)

village :-
smaller group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Burghclere
Cruchley 1856
 (village)

village :-
A village is shown by a scatter of blocks along roads, plus a church drawn by building and tower; labelled in upright lowercase, eg:-


Selbourn
There might not be a church.
Philip 1857-1900
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks and perhaps a cross (+) for a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


West Worldham
Broughton
Brannon 1859
 (village)

village :-
group of blocks, probably a cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Lower Wallop
Milton
Cassell, Petter and Galpin 1860s
 (village)

village :-
some blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Upper Wallop
Hurstbourne Priors
Raynbird c1860
 (village)

village :-
a block or two, or perhaps just a cross (+); labelled in medium italic lowercase text, eg:-


Twyford [cross]
Upper Wallop [2 blocks]
Eversley [2 blocks and a cross]
Reynolds 1860
 (village)

village :-
cross, or plus sign; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-


Lr Wallop
Clanfield
Unknown 1860s
 (village)

village :-
a block; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Upper Wallop
Highclere
Dispatch 1863
 (village)

village :-
some blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Upper Wallop
West Worldham
Hughes 1868
 (village)

village :-
A cross + for a church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Over Wallop
Beaulieu
Black 1870s
 (village; hamlet)

village & hamlet (?) :-
circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
E. Worldham
Upper Wallop
Weller 1870s
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Selborne
Crawley
The villages shown are not all the villages in the county; the selection criteria are not obvious.
Kelly 1875
 (village)

village :-
a few blocks, and probably a cross for a church; labelled, in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Dummer
Letts 1884
 (village)

village :-
block or group of blocks and a cross (+) for the church; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Upper Wallop
Philip 1886
 (village)

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

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

village :-
a block or two and a cross; labelled in light italic lowercase text, eg:-
Gall and Inglis 1900s
 (village)

village (etc) :-
labelled as small towns or slightly smaller text.
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
 (village)

village :-
... labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-


Hambledon
Amalgamated Press 1930s
 (village; hamlet)

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


E. Meon
Middle Wallop
Lang 1936
 (village)

village :-
dot, or bar across a road; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Sutton Scotney
Kingsclere
Mottisfont

village
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