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Map Collection
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Lea 1689
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FA2002.22:-
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Map, hand coloured copper plate engraving, Hampshire, scale about 4 miles to
1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, engraved by Leonard Terwoort, Antwerp,
Netherlands, first published about 1575, amended 1689 and published by Philip
Lea, London, 1693.
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Published in the Shires of England and Wales Described by Christopher Saxton ...
With many Additions and Corrections by Philip Lea. The additions to Saxton's
plate made by Lea include the coats of arms of the Earls of Southampton, an
inset map of Winchester, hundred boundaries, and roads, and scales for an index
grid.
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This is one of the earlier maps of Hampshire to show roads; a selection of those
published by John Ogilby, 1675; roads had been added by 1689.
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map feature:-
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title cartouche & drape cartouche & coat of arms (royal and family)
& picture frame border & labelled borders & up is N & scale line
& index grid (scales prepared, but no grid, a..m across and a..m down left
side, covering the area of the county only) & sea pecked & sea monsters
& ships & coastal defence & castles & rivers & bridges &
relief & hillocks & beacons & forests & woods & parks &
mills & windmills & county & swash lettering & hundreds &
settlements & roads & inset map (town plan, Winchester) |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- scroll cartouche
HAMPSHIRE / by / C: Saxton corrected & many / Aditions by P: Lea
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom
Christophorus Saxton descripsit
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inscription:- |
printed -on- over/below scale line
Scale Miliarum / LEONARDUS TERWOORT ANTVERPIANUS SCULPSIT
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 83.3 mm |
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Lea 1689
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Saxton 1575
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dimension:- |
wxh, map = 435x396mm |
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scale = 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 193199 from scale line, wrongly assuming a statute
mile) |
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scale = 1 to 240000 ? (from town positions using DISTAB.exe) |
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List of Map Collection |
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map notes -- LEA1.txt
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map type Lea 1689 -- class record in checklist
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map type Lea 1689 -- map type, menu of resources
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map type Saxton 1575 -- class record in checklist
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map type Saxton 1575 -- map type, menu of resources
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images:-
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LEA1.jpg:-
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see above
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images © Jean M Norgate 2004
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town names:-
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Southamtoniae
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Hampshire
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map name
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modern name
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Aulton
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Alton
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Andover
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Andover
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Basingstoke
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Basingstoke
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Bisshopswaltham
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Bishops Waltham
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Christ Churche
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Christchurch
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Faram
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Fareham
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Gosport
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Gosport
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Havant
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Havant
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Kingesclere
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Kingsclere
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Lemyngton
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Lymington
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Alresford
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Alresford
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Odiam
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Odiham
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Petersfelde
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Petersfield
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Portesmouth
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Portsmouth
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Ringwood
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Ringwood
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Rumsey
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Romsey
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Southamton
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Southampton
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Stockbridge
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Stockbridge
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Whitchurche
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Whitchurch
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Winchester
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Winchester
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| MN: 22.10.2002 |