Introduction
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These notes are made from the first edition, Old Series
one inch to one mile maps of Hampshire surveyed by
the Ordnance Survey, Tower of London, London, published in
the 1810s. The maps used are mostly later editions mostly
from the 1840s, and are in the Map Collection of Hampshire
CC Museums Service, items HMCMS:FA2003.1.8 & FA2003.1.9
& FA1998.91 & FA2003.1.11 & HMCMS:FA2003.1.12
& FA2003.1.14 & FA2003.1.15 & FA2003.1.16
& FA2003.8.
Eight sheets of the OS Old Series one inch maps
involve Hampshire; 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and 16.
Sheet numbering and sheet size in the first maps of the
Old Series is a muddle. Mapping began in Kent and went round
the south coast of England, the area most at risk of
invasion from France. Sheet numbering began at 1 and
numbers were allocated in sequence as work progressed. The
early mapping was done county by county; sheet numbering
and sizes were not considered as elements in systematic
mapping of the country. Later it was realised that the
national aspect was important, and sheet numbering and sizes
were predicated on an overall plan. Although the sheets have
no formal title on the sheet, they do have a title in the
list on the index map to the series.
The Hampshire maps were made in the early part of the work
and are numbered haphazardly, and sheets vary in size. On
the west of the county the right border of a map might
be parallel to the Greenwich meridian, while the left border
is parallel to a meridian through Butterton Hill - the sheet
will be trapezium shaped.
The sheets in the Map Collection have all been sectioned
for folding, mounted on linen, and are presented folded
in different ways. The master scanned images were made
to include whole 'sections' as they exist, the
different sectioning of different maps was accepted. Images
have not been stitched back together, instead they have
been stitched with the gaps in the mounting showing. To
present the maps conveniently onscreen each map image is cut
into 8, 4 across by 2 up, ignoring the original sectioning!
It's a lot more comprehensible when you look at them
onscreen.
The presentation onscreen parallels the way that sheets
are presented in the reproduction published by Margary. In
that publication the introductory notes by Harley and
O'Donoghue are immensely helpful, and far more expert than
the abbreviated notes given here.
NOTA BENE: the sheets are editions from different
decades. Although they all classed by us as 'OS 1810s' the
maps shown range from the 1810s to 1850s (railways are shown
on editions after 1840). Dates of different pieces are as follows:-
OS sheet |
Margary pages |
date |
HMCMS Identity number |
sheet 8 |
pp.13,29 |
1845-50? |
FA2003.1.8 |
sheet 9 |
pp.45,46 |
1813? |
FA2003.1.9 |
sheet 10 |
pp.7x |
1810s |
FA1998.91 |
sheet 11 |
pp.41-44,57-60 |
about 1855 |
FA2003.1.11 |
sheet 12 |
pp.9-12,25-28 |
1817? |
FA2003.1.12 |
sheet 14 |
pp.24 |
about 1846 |
FA2003.1.14 |
sheet 15 |
pp.39,40,55,56 |
about 1846 |
FA2003.1.15 |
sheet 16 |
pp.70-72 |
about 1836 |
FA2003.1.16 |
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references |
Harley, J B (intro) & O'Donoghue, Yolande (intro): 1981:
Old Series Ordnance Survey Maps of England and Wales:
Margary, Harry (Lympne Castle, Kent): vol.3:
ISBN 0 903541 03 3
Harley, J B: 1975: Ordnance Survey Maps, a descriptive manual: Ordnance Surevy (Southampton, Hampshire)
Mudge, William & Colby, Thomas: 1811: Account of
the Trigonometrical Survey, ...: (London)
Owen, Tim & Pilbeam, Elaine: 1992: Ordnance Survey, amp
makers to Britain since 1791: Ordnance Survey
(Southampton, Hampshire)
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