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Simpson 1746
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FA1999.66:- 

Map, Hamp Shire ie Hampshire, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by Samuel Simpson copied from Moll, published in the Agreeable Historian or Compleat English Traveller, London, 1746.
Printed by R Walker, Fleet Lane, London.
map feature:-  coat of arms (Southampton, and the Duke of Bolton) & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hillocks & forests & parks & county & hundreds (borders but no names) & settlements & roads (these look like distances from town to town, or point to point)
inscription:-  printed -on- top HAMP SHIRE
map type:-  HantsMap -- Simpson 1746
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 22.5x17cm
wxh, map = 197x148mm
scale = 1 to 480000 ? (estimate)
longitude, Winchester = 1d 17.2m W (approx)

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town names:- 
Hamp Shire Hampshire
map name modern name
Alton Alton
Andover Andover
Basingstoke Basingstoke
Bish. Waltham Bishops Waltham
Christ Church Christchurch
Farham Fareham
Fordingbridg Fordingbridge
Gosport Gosport
Havant Havant
Kingscler Kingsclere
Lenington Lymington
Alesford Alresford
Odiam Odiham
Petersfield Petersfield
Portsmouth Portsmouth
Ringwood Ringwood
Romsey Romsey
Southampton Southampton
Stockbridge Stockbridge
Whitchurch Whitchurch
Winchester Winchester

MN: 4.10.2001
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