Map Features & Town Names
town names	Hampshire town names tabulated
title, orientation, scale, etc
title	How the maps' titles are given, cartouches, etc.
orientation	How the orientation of the map is shown, and what way is up on the page.
scale line	How the map scale is given, how the scale can be worked out, and the Old English Mile.
lat and long scales	How latitude and longitude are shown on the map, and where the prime meridian lies.
index grid	The provision of an index grid on the map.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: title / orientation / scale / lat and long
landscape
sea area	How the sea area is treated.
coast line	Treatment of the coast line on maps.
coastal defence	What coastal castles and fortifications are shown on the maps.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: sea area / coast line / coastal defence
rivers	How and what rivers are shown on the maps.
relief	How relief is indicated on the maps.
beacons	Warning beacons against invaders, part of the defences of the kingdom.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: rivers, bridges, etc / relief and beacons
woods	How woodland is indicated, and old forests, and individual trees.
parks	How parks are shown on the maps.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: forests, etc / parks / mills / antiquities
boundaries, administration
county	How the county boundary is shown, county areas labelled, and perhaps coloured, etc.
hundreds	How hundred boundaries are shown, hundreds labelled or tabulated, and perhaps coloured.
electoral data	What electoral data is shown by the map.
settlements
city	How a city is shown, marking and labelling.
town	How a 'town' is shown, marking and labelling.
village	How a 'village' is shown, marking and labelling.
hamlet	How a 'hamlet' is shown, marking and labelling.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: city / town / village / hamlet
roads, canals, railways
roads	What roads are shown, major and minor routes, etc.
canals	Canals, from the 17th century onwards.
canals	Hampshire canals.
railways	What railways are shown on the maps, from the 1840s onwards.
railways	Hampshire railways.
symbols	tabulation of symbols: roads / inns / canals / railways
miscellaneous
mills	How windmills and water mills are shown.
antiquities	Old trenches, hillforts, tumuli, henges, etc.
schools	What schools are shown on the maps.
inns	What notice is taken of inns, perhaps along roads.
race courses	What race courses are shown.
salterns	Salterns round the coast.
copperas	Copperas works, alum works ,etc.
telegraphs	Shutter and semaphore telegraphs, and later electric telegraphs.
crosses	Crosses and the wayside.
posts	Posts by the wayside.
diagram	Combined diagram of occurence of map features against time.
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