Map Notes -- BLOME2.txt

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Blome 1681	NOTES from RICHARD BLOME'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1681
FA1999.90	These notes are made from a map of Hampshire by Richard Blome, 1681. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1999.90.
	map type: HantsMap & Blome 1681
	Blome, Richard: 1681: Cosmography and Geography: (London): part 3
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scroll cartouche title map maker engraver	There is a scroll cartouche at the title upper left:- A MAPP of HANTSHIR With its Hundreds Like much of the rest of the map the engraving leaves something to be desired. Bottom right is:- R. P. Sculp This is Richard Palmer; the map maker is Richard Blome.
orientation compass rose	The map's orientation is given by a compass rose. This has star points for the cardinal and half cardinal points; stubby star points for the false points; north is marked by a fleur de lys. Map north is up on the sheet.
scale line scale old english mile	There is a scale line, chequered in miles:- A Scale of 4 Miles The 4 miles of the scale line are about 9 1/2 miles! A better estimate of the map scale is got by measuring town positions and comparing these to known positions, now. This was done with DISTTAB.exe, giving a map scale 7.73 statute miles to 1 inch, 1 to 489761. The scale is about:- 1 to 490000 ? 7.5 miles to 1 inch The map's mile is 2.4 statute miles. It is more likely that the scale line is incorrectly labelled; it is an 8 mile scale not a 4 mile scale. Assuming this then the map mile is an:- Old English Mile = 1.21 statute miles
sea area sandbanks ships	The sea is plain. The sea between the Isle of Wight and the mainland is labelled:- THE BRITISH SEA The sandbank off Hayling is drawn in outline with a dotted line and labelled:- Y Mackett A single ship decorates the sea; round bodied, one square sail; it might be possible to make more guesses about the type of ship but these would be very rough - it's a carrack.
coast line coast shaded cliffs harbours	The coast shaded, this extending into river mouths etc. Cliffs are labelled east of Christchurch:- Black cliff A couple of harbours are labelled:- Hamble haven Titchfield ha
coastal defence castles	A few of the coastal defence castles are labelled, eg:- Calshott Cast St Andrews Cast Ruyns of hasel wroth cast South Castle
rivers bridges	Rivers are shown by wiggly lines tapering inland. An estuary might be shaded, for example the reaches towards Fareham, or have form lines, for example in the Beaulieu river. The drawing of estuaries is not at all to scale. River braiding is shown, for example on the Test south of Stockbridge. Most rivers are not labelled. Labelling on the map is poorly positioned, so:- Kings Brooke near a stream at Up Somborne, may refer to the stream or to the two hamlet symbols nearby. The relationship between rivers and roads can only be described as 'messy' engraving. It is possible that two bridges are drawn at Beaulieu, and 1 more certainly at Fordingbridge - neither is there for a road. There is a clearly drawn bridge on the upper part of the Lymington River. There is also a clear bridge across the Enborne at Newtowne; the road from Kingsclere towards Newbury crosses elsewhere.
relief hillocks	There is some indication of relief, shown by hillocks. Examples on the Dorset border west of Ringwood, around Hale, the Sussex border east of Clanfield, and near Popham etc. There is no serious attempt to portray the relief of the county.
beacons	[ ]eacon is engraved south of Bistoke; it is not clear what the label attaches to. It could be part of a longer label for Toothill Beacon?
forests woods	There are tree symbols on the map. The woods New Forest has many; there are a few around Subberton where East Bere Forest could be, some around Braughton which could be Buckholt Forest. But they feel a bit 'accidental'.
parks	Parks are drawn by a ring of fence palings. At least one is labelled:- Park south of Lyndhurst. A lot of parks are not drawn. The fences are in need of repair.
county	The county boundary is a dotted line; pretty blobby engraving. The surrounding counties are labelled, eg:- PART OF BARK SHIRE Hardly anything is engraved in the surrounding counties (this is not unusual). Roads and rivers are continued just over the border. Farnham in Surrey is shown.
hundreds table of hundreds	hundred boundaries are slightly finer dotted lines. The hundred areas are numbered, keyed to a table of hundreds:- Hundreds in Hant= Shire
settlements	Settlements are located by a circle.
city	circle, buildings, towers; labelled in italic block caps text, eg:- WINCHESTER

town	circle, buildings, towers; labelled in upright or italic? lowercase text, eg:- Odyam Stokbridg

village	circle, tower; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:- Littleton Crawley

hamlet	circle; smaller italic lowercase text, eg:- Owselbury

hamlet	Hook has a cross Butser hill has a line Sidmanton has a half cross Harbridg has a decorated cross It might be possible to interpret the map maker's intentions; but it might not repay the effort?

roads road distances	This is one the earliest maps of the county to show roads. Roads are drawn by a double line; the spacing is variable, the lines get tangled in rivers and text labels, etc. It may be that they were engraved last, or were even a late addition. Many of the road segments which are expected on a map of this period are shown; but not all. For example, while the London to Lands End road manages to find its way across the county, the London to Portsmouth road does not. Several road segments are labelled with a number in a circle, which could be the road distance in miles. It is not made clear where the segments begin and end. The routes shown, modern place names, are:- from Surrey, about the Golden Farmer; then Blackwater, Hartfordbridge, Basingstoke, Whitchurch, Andover, Over Wallop, Hampshire; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plates 25, 26; Lands End road] branch from Andover, Hampshire; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plate 32; Barnstable road] branch from Basingstoke, through Sutton Scotney, Stockbridge, Hampshire; then Lopcombe Corner, Wiltshire and beyond. [Ogilby plate 53; Weymouth road] branch from Basingstoke, through Kingsclere, Hampshire; into Berkshire. [part of Ogilby plate 81; Oxford to Chichester road, missing from Alton onwards] branch from Surrey, about the Golden Farmer; across a corner of Hampshire; Farnham, Surrey; then Alton, New Alresford, Twyford, to Southampton, Hampshire AND from Southampton, through Romsey; into Wiltshire. [Ogilby plate 51; Southampton and Salisbury road] from outside New Alresford, through Winchester, Romsey, Ringwood, Hampshire; into Dorset AND from Dorset through Christchurch to Lymington, Hampshire. [Ogilby plate 97; Poole road, and to Lymington, the section Southampton to Winchester missed] from West Sussex; through Petersfield, Bramdean, to Winchester, Hampshire. [Ogilby plate 39; branch off Chichester road at Midhurst] from Petersfield, through Horndean, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. [part of Ogilby plate 30; Portsmouth road, missing road to Petersfield] [Ogilby plate 83 missed, only crosses a corner of Hampshire by Shipton Bellinger]

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NOTES from RICHARD BLOME'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1681

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