| symbols;
settlements, etc
Saxton's Hampshire 1575
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| Symbols
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Settlements on Saxton's map of Hampshire are positioned by a
dot and circle, with additions to suggest the sort of
settlement. The labelling is nearly all one size of neat,
legible, italic lowercase. The engraving is a delight to
the eye. Names are sometimes in a macaroni of Latin and
English, eg: Sct Lukes chapell. The a of ...ham is
often printed above the hm. A letter p with a line thro the
tail stands for par, eg: Fremantel pke and
Long poche. A tilde has been used in the
transcriptions for a abbreviation mark. There is no table
of symbols, and the symbols must be understood with care.
We have referred to the three grades of settlement as
hamlet, village or parish, and town, for sake of some term
when discussing them.
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city - dot, double circle, lots of buildings, cross on
highest tower; name in block caps.
Eg: WINCHESTER.
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town - dot, double circle, buildings and towers; labelled
in block caps.
Eg: AULTON. A larger town has more buildings,
eg: Portesmouth. It is possible to see town walls
and bastions at Portsmouth, Southampton and Winchester.
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village - dot, circle, church, or at least a tower; labelled lowercase italic.
This perhaps implies a parish? eg: Bentley.
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hamlet - dot, circle, building; labelled lowercase italic.
The symbol might indicate a hamlet or perhaps just a
small locality. The arrangement of building and circle
varies, there might be two buildings; nice examples
are Lynkenholt, and Lee.
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house - dot, circle, building with flag.
is a house, eg: Durford howse.
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castle - dot, circle, pair of towers with flags.
Eg: Hurst castel.
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