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Map Collection
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OS 1810s Old Series (1840s edition)
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FA2003.1.14:-
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Map, uncoloured engraving, One inch map Old Series, sheet 14, Devizes,
including part of Hampshire, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, published under the
direction of LtCol Mudge, Ordnance Survey, Tower of London, London, 1817;
edition about 1846.
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The map includes Amesbury, Devizes, Ludgershall, etc, Wiltshire; and part of
north west parts of Hampshire.
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A pencil annotation on the map joins the 'Gun, End of Base' labels at Old Sarum
and on Beacon Hill west of Cholderton, and is labelled 'Base Line nearly 7
miles'.
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The map has red diamond labels on the end sections to show correct folding, the
front label marked '14.'; a tab protrudes from the folded map, marked '14';
there is a location map on the front section cut from an index sheet to the
series; edges are bound in blue ribbon.
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map feature:-
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not coloured & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded ( pieces)
& scale line & piano key border & rivers & woods & forests
& relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements
& roads & railways & canals |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top left
Price Seven Shillings
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inscription:- |
printed -on- top right, outside border
No.XIV
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom right
Engraved at the Drawing Room in the Tower under the Direction of Coll. Mudge,
by Benjn. Baker & Assistants - The Writing by Ebenr. Bourne.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom left
Published 14th. Augt 1817, by Coll. Mudge, Tower.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- in borders, top, right, bottom, left
34 / 12 / 15 / 19
-- next sheet numbers |
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inscription:- |
printed -on- across map
W I L T / S H I R E
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inscription:- |
-on-
[1846]
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scale line:-
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5+1 miles = 149.1 mm |
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- OS 1810s Old Series
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dimension:- |
wxh, folded = 24.5x32.5cm |
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wxh, sheet = 96.5x64cm |
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wxh, map (borders; includes gaps) = 76x62.5cm |
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scale = 1 to 63360 (nominal) |
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wxh, location map = 72x59mm |
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List of Map Collection |
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reference:- |
Harley, J B (intro) & O'Donoghue, Yolande (intro): 1981: Old Series Ordnance
Survey Maps of England and Wales & South-central England: Margary, Harry (Lympne
Castle, Kent): vol.3: ISBN 0 903541 03 3 |
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map notes -- ORDNCE6.txt
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map type OS 1810s Old Series -- class record in checklist
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map type OS 1810s Old Series -- map type, menu of resources
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images:-
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OSS24.jpg:-
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see above
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images © Jean M Norgate 2004
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| MN: 21.7.2003 |