relief, hills

Jansson's Hampshire 1646
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Hills Relief on Jansson's map of Hampshire and Berkshire, 1646, is indicated by groups of hillocks shaded to the right. The hillocks are sometimes quite knobbly, for example in the range running eastwards from Winchester, Magdalen Down.

Some hills are drawn realistically, others are more conventional hillocks:-




What relief is being shown is unclear; perhaps:-
  • important or isolated hills
  • steep scarp
  • uneven ground, hilliness
  • high ground, ie altitude
  • watersheds
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'modern' name (parish; ngr) and old name (hundred) if given
Butser Hill (Langrish parish; SU7120) =Butter hill(Eastmeane Hundred)
Danebury Hill (Nether Wallop parish; SU3236) =Dunbury hill(Andover Hundred)
Portsdown (Portsmouth parish; SU6_0_)

Jansson's Hampshire 1646, contents
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General index
Old Hampshire Mapped
Map HMCMS:ACM1934.14