Map Notes -- CAR1MAP.txt

	Map Notes


	NOTES from CARY'S NEW MAP of ENGLAND AND WALES, 1815
B1990.1794.1 B1990.1794	These notes are taken from the New Map of England and Wales, published in Cary's New Itinerary, 6th edition published, London, 1815. The map studied is in the Map Collection, Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:B1990.1794.1.
	map type: HantsMap & Cary 1815
	Although printed on one sheet the map is displayed in sections, with adequate margins between each so that the page can be folded without spoiling the map detail. The coast line, county boundaries, and roads are connected across the margins by straight lines to aid the eye. In spite of this the map has, as usual, suffered in use, becoming crumpled and in danger of tearing. The arrangement of sections is, in rows from the top, of 3, 4 and 4 panels, 11 sections altogether. The map includes England and wales, and parts of Scotland up to the Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth.
	NB remember that these notes are strongly biased towards a Hampshire interest.
	Cary's New Itinerary
	The map is inserted into:-
	Cary, John: 1815 (6th edn): Cary's New Itinerary: Cary, John (London)
	whose title page reads:-
	CARY'S NEW ITINERARY: OR AN ACCURATE DELINEATION OF THE GREAT ROADS, Both DIRECT and CROSS, throughout ENGLAND AND WALES; With many of the Principal Roads in SCOTLAND. From an ACTUAL ADMEASUREMENT by JOHN CARY; Made by COMMAND of his Majesty's Postmaster General. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES. Under the Direction and Inspection of THOMAS HASKER Esqr. Surveyor and Superintendent of the Mail Coaches. ... ... & a Large Map of ENGLAND and WALES, peculiarly adapted to the Work. SIXTH EDITION, with IMPROVEMENTS. LONDON: Printed for J. CARY. No.181, Strand, 1815.
	Road book notes:-
	Map Features
title circular cartouche map maker	Printed lower left:- A NEW MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, ADAPTED TO CARY'S NEW ITINERARY, SHEWING the Whole of the Roads Direct & Cross CONTAINED In that Work. Printed at the bottom is:- London: Published by J. Cary Engraver and Map seller, No.181 Strand
orientation up is N	There is no compass rose or other indicator of orientation. The map is printed with North at the top of the page.
scale line scale	Printed lower right is a scale of:- British Statute Miles graduated and labelled at 5 miles intervals. From the scale line the scale is about 1 to 1306285. The map scale is about:- 1 to 1300000 21 miles to 1 inch
table of symbols index map	Below the scale line lower right is:- Direct Roads [double line] Mail [double line, + shading] Cross Roads [single line] Note The figures added to the Roads shew the route wherein they are described This map is an index map to the road book itineraries.
county	County boundaries are fine dotted lines. The county areas are numbered, a separate sequence each for England, Wales and Scotland. The numbers refer to tables, eg:- REFERENCES ENGLAND 1 Cornwall 2 Devonshire 3 Somersetshire ... 7 Hampshire ... 40 Northumberland Counties are presented in a south to north, west to east order.
settlements	Settlements are positioned by a circle, differentiated by style of lettering.
city	circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Winchester London, the capital, has upright block caps.

town village	circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Alton Ringwood Beaulieu Villages are probably only marked if they are nodes on the road network.

roads post roads	The network of roads is drawn on this road map by double and single lines, for direct and cross roads. The main roads which are post roads have shading on the lines. A junction might be labelled, eg:- Lopton Cor. A road might be named, eg:- Popham Lane Numbers beside a road are route numbers, referring the user to a numbered itinerary in the road book; the map is an index map. This indexing is not done for all routes; the direct and post roads are mostly not numbered, cross roads, which one assumes are less well known, are.
	Hampshire Towns
	Of the 'usual' 21 towns in Hampshire there are:-
	Alton
	Andover
	Basingstoke
	Bps. Waltham
	Christchurch
	Fareham
	Fordingbri.
	Gosport
	Havant
	Kingsclere
	Lymington
	Alresford
	Odiham
	Petersfield
	Portsmouth
	Ringwood
	Romsey
	Southampton
	Stockbri.
	Whitchurch
	Winchester
	Hampshire
	The routes that cross Hampshire are:-

	post road: from London; through Bagshot and by the Golden Farmer, Surrey; then Blackwater, Hartford Bri., Basingstoke, Overton, Whitchurch, Andover, Hampshire; Lopton Cor. and Salisbury, Wiltshire; and on the Lands End.

	branch from Andover, Hampshire; to Amesbury, Wiltshire; and beyond.

	branch from Basingstoke, through Popham Lane, Sutton [Scotney], Stockbri., Hampshire; then Lopton Cor., Wiltshire, rejoining the Lands End route.

	branch from basingstoke, through Popham Lane, to Winchester, Hampshire; continued from Winchester, through Romsey, Cadnam, Hampshire; joining the Poole Road in Dorset.

	post road: branch from the Lands End road at the Golden Farmer, Surrey; across a corner of Hampshire; through Farnham, Surrey; then Alton, Alresford, Winchester, Southampton, Hampshire; continued from Southampton, through Totton, Cadnam, Ringwood, Hampshire; then Wimborne, to Poole, Dorset.

	branch at the Hampshire/Dorset border direct to Poole, Dorset.

	branch from Ringwood to Christchurch, Hampshire.

	branch from Totton to Lymington, Hampshire

	branch off the Poole Road after Alton, through Filmer Hill, Bps. Waltham, to Southampton, Hampshire.

	branch off the Poole Road to Wickham, Fareham, Gosport, Hampshire; and a join from this road to Bps. Waltham.

	post road: from London; through Godalming, Surrey; then Liphook, Petersfield, Horndean, Cosham, to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

	branch off the London to Bath Road, [at about Aldermaston], Berkshire; to Kingsclere, Hampshire.
	Plus a number of cross roads.

	map type Cary 1815 -- menu of resources
	source item -- HMCMS:B1990.1794.1 -- road map
	source item -- HMCMS:B1990.1794 -- road book

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	HantsMap Notes -- CAR1MAP.txt MN: 16.9.2002 last edit: 16.9.2002

NOTES from CARY'S NEW MAP of ENGLAND AND WALES, 1815

Cary's New Itinerary

Map Features

Hampshire Towns

Hampshire