Old Hampshire Mapped
Miscellaneous
Notes
JandMN: 2001
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| Old Hampshire Mapped |
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| MiscellaneousNotes |
| all sorts |
During the course of preparing the Hampshire maps project we
have 'looked up' all sorts of interesting material to help
us understand elements on the maps. These notes are
accessible here. But BEWARE: none of these notes is a definitive essay
about the topic. They are our working notes; we would rather
share them than hide them away. You must take the research
further, more soundly, before relying upon them. |
| Cartographic details | |
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| title cartouches |
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| compass roses, and other map orientation |
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| scale lines on maps, old english mile, map scales |
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| calculated diagonal distance tables and scales |
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| latitude, longitude, prime meridian, ngr calculated |
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| grid references for indexing old maps, OLDMAPS.exe |
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| surveying instruments illustrated on maps |
| coats of arms, heraldry, blazons, family notes, etc |
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| map symbols from different periods |
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| transcription and spelling |
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| colouring of maps; the tricking of plots |
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| map colours, the paint box |
| Topographic features | |
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| relief; hillocks, hachuring, etc |
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| hundreds |
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| boroughs |
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| towns |
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| parishes |
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| markets and fairs |
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| copperas and alum mining; Christchurch area |
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| salterns; Lymington area and other parts of Hampshire |
| Routes | |
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| Diagrams of roads on maps from 1675 onwards |
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| side-by-side strip road map comparisons |
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| turnpike roads |
| Background Information | |
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| general booklist plus... |
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| HantsMap project notes; why and how we did it |
| caveat |
Our whole project is unashamedly provincial; we must work
from the sources that are available to us, here, based
in Winchester, the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museum
Service. It is not practical to use primary sources in far
away London. Besides: there is plenty to do with what we
have. JandMN: 2001 |
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General index (to Old Hampshire mapped) |
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Old Hampshire Mapped |
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Other Historic Hampshire Resources |