scale

Kitchin's Hampshire 1767
Miles Thomas Kitchin's road maps of Hampshire have no scale line or other formal indication on the maps.

The scale is implied by the markings on the roads, dot and distance from London or another start of the route.
Scale The scale of the road maps has been estimated by measuring the segments of road from mile spot to mile spot. Mile intervals were measured on two plates. Only straight segments of road were meassured.

The strip map scale, assuming a modern statute mile, is about:-
1 to 160000 2.5 miles to 1 inch
The measurements made are listed below, mm per mile segment.


     pl.25                    pl.30

      9.0                     23.0 (2)
     27.3 (3)                 11.0
     19.6 (2)                 12.6
     16.9 (2)                 11.8
      9.8                     12.9
     27.7 (3)                 13.1
     18.0 (2)                 14.0
     27.5 (3)                 11.0
      9.1                     23.5 (2)
      9.1                     22.9 (2)
     18.1 (2)                 12.6
      8.9                     11.0
      8.9                     24.1 (2)
      9.1                     13.0
     18.1 (2)                 11.6

     26 miles=237.1mm         19 miles=228.1mm

     scale 1 to 176478        scale 1 to 112886
     2.8 miles to 1 inch      1.8 miles to 1 inch

The two sheets are significantly different scales.

The average, taking the two sheets together is
     45 miles=465.2mm
thus:-
     1 to 155676

Kitchin's Hampshire 1767, contents
General index
Old Hampshire Mapped