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NOTES from HALL'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1833
FA2001.142  
FA1998.126  
KD1996.14  
FA2001.92  
 These notes are taken from the map of Hampshire or Southampton, with the Isle of Wight, by Sidney Hall, about 1833, as published by Chapman and Hall, 186 Strand, London, probably 1848. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA2001.142. The collection has other editions of this map, at different dates with different railways; items HMCMS:FA1998.126 & KD1996.14 & FA2001.92. The illustrative snips are mostly taken from HMCMS:KD1996.14.
map type: HantsMap & Hall 1833
The map size is: wxh, sheet = 26x21cm; wxh, map = 244x189mm. The map is a hand coloured engraving.

MAP FEATURES
title    
map maker    
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Printed in decorative block caps in a plain cartouche lower right:-
HAMPSHIRE, OR SOUTHAMPTON.
Printed bottom right and bottom centre:-
Engraved by Sidy. Hall.
London, Published by Chapman and Hall No.186 Strand.
orientation    
north point    
up is N    
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Printed upper right is a north point; N-S line, E-W cross line, North marked by an arrowhead. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.

scale line    
scale    
Printed lower left is a scale of:-
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English Miles
chequered in miles, labelled at 2 mile intervals. The 14 miles = 43.9 mm, giving a scale 1 to 513230 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:-
1 to 510000
8 miles to 1 inch

lat and long scales    
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Printed in the map borders are scales of latitude and longitude for a trapezoid projection; chequered at 2 minute intervals, labelled at 10 minute intervals. The ratio of the longitude scales top/bottom is 1.01 which is not as much as it should be for the span of latitudes. The ratio of latitude to longitude scales is about 1.57 which is about correct for a map at this latitude. The bottom scale of longitude is labelled:-
Longitude West from Greenwich
The map includes from 0d 30m to 2d 10m W, from 50d 35m to 51d 23m N; the whole of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

table of symbols    
Most map symbols are taken for granted. But below the table of hundreds on the left is:-
The figures from London prefixed to the Towns denote the distance from London.
and:-
Railway stations marked thus [double line with cross ties, rectangular mark] station
The slope of the italic face of the second text is slightly, but noticeably, greater than in other engraved text. This supports the idea that it is an addition, as are the railways. There were no railways on the original map of 1833; there were no railways.

sea area    
sea shaded    
sandbanks    
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The sea area is shaded, or the coast shading extends far into the sea! Some sea areas are labelled, eg:-
SPITHEAD
Christ Church Bay
Hayling Shoal, off the south of Hayling Island, is outlined by a dotted line.

coast line    
coast shaded    
headlands    
harbours    
lighthouses    
The coast line is perhaps shaded.
A few headlands are labelled, eg:-
Hengistbury Head
Needs Oar Pt.
and some of the harbours are labelled, eg:-
Portsmouth Harbour
On Hurst Spit there is labelled a:-
Light Ho.
The two large islands are labelled:-
PORTSEA ISLE
Hayling I.
coastal defence    
castles    
fortifications    
Some of the coastal defences of Hampshire are noticed, castles, fortifications and related features:-
Hurst Castle
Calshot Castle
Monkton Ft.
Haslar Hosp.
[fortifications around Gosport]
[fortifications around Portsmouth and the dockyard]
Southsea Cast.
Lumps Ft.
Cumberland Ft.
rivers    
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Rivers are drawn by a wiggly double line narrowing to a single line tapering upstream. Braiding might be suggested, as on the Avon around Ringwood. Some rivers are labelled, eg:-
R. Test
Blackwater R.
Most of the Hampshire river systems are represented, without much detail.

relief    
hill hachuring    
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A little relief is indicated by hill.hachuring, but not much, and not enough to give a sense of the shape of the county. Hills are not labelled (?).

woods    
forests    
trees    
Woodland is not generally noticed on the map. But the:-
NEW FOREST
is labelled, and much of its area has dotting to suggest rough country.

parks    
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Some parks are drawn in outline with fence palings, the interior pecked and tinted green. Some are labelled, eg:-
Hackwood P.
Rosehill Park
or have a house name, eg:-
Dogmersfield Ho.
county    
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The county boundary is a dashed line, emphasised by pink/red tinting which follows the boundary pretty inexactly. The detached part of Hampshire in West Sussex is shown. Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:-
SUSSEX
Some settlements, roads, and perhaps canals, are drawn outside the county for the sake of continuity.

hundreds    
table of hundreds    
electoral data    
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Hundred boundaries are dotted lines. The hundred areas are labelled with a number referring to a table of hundreds printed upper left:-
REFERENCE TO THE DIVISIONS HUNDREDS & LIBERTIES
Andover Division
Andover Hundred ... 1
Wherwell ... Do. ... 2
Thorngate ... Do. ... 3
King's Sombourn ... Do. ... 4
Barton Stacey ... Do. ... 5
Kingsclere Division
Chutely Hundred ... 6
Evingar ... Do. ... 7
Kingsclere ... Do. ... 8
Overton ... Do. ... 9
Pastrow ... Do. ... 10
Basingstoke Division
Basingstoke Hundred ... 11
Bermondspit ... Do. ... 12
Crondall ... Do. ... 13
Holdshott ... Do. ... 14
Odiham ... Do. ... 15
Mitcheldever ... Do. ... 16
Alton Division
Alresford New Liberty ... 17
Alton Hundred ... Do. ... 18
Bishop's Sutton ... Do. ... 19
Selborne ... Do. ... 20
East Meon... Do. ... 21
Finch Dean ... Do. ... 22
Fawley Division
Bountisborough Hundred ... 23
Buddlesgate ... Do. ... 24
Fawley ... Do. ... 25
Mainsborough ... Do. ... 26
Mansbridge ... Do. ... 27
Portsdown Division
Alverstoke & Gosport Liberty ... 28
Bps. Waltham Hd. (part of) ... 29
Bosmere Hundred ... 30
Fareham ... Do. ... 31
Hambledon ... Do. ... 32
Havant Liberty ... 33
Meon Stoke Hundred ... 34
Portsdown ... Do. ... 35
Titchfield ... Do. ... 36
New Forest Est. Divisn.
Beaulieu Liberty ... 37
Bps. Waltham Hd. (part of) ... 38
Dibden Liberty ... 39
Lymington Do. ... 40
New Forest Hundred ... 41
Redbridge ... Do. ... 42
Ringwood ... Do. ... 43
New Forest Wst. Divisn.
Breamore Liberty ... 44
Christchurch Hundred ... 45
Fordingbridge ... Do. ... 46
Ringwood ... Do. ... 47
Westover Liberty ... 48
City of Winchester & Stoke Liberty ... 49
Borough of Portsmouth ... 50
Town & County of Southampton ... 51
Isle of Wight Division
East Medina Liberty ... 52
West Medina ... Do. ... 53
Note: Ringwood Hundred twice? 'Do.' with Alton not wanted, Winchester, Southampton and Portsmouth presumably not in a division?
The great division of the county into:-
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NORTH DIVISION
SOUTH DIVISION
is not shown in this table of electoral data, but is labelled on the map (if you look hard); its boundary is a dot dash line, tinted pink/red for emphasis. This division dates from the first Reform Act 1832.
Hidden in all the other detail are dash and circle boundaries around each of the boroughs:-
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Andover, Christchurch, Lymington, Petersfield, Portsmouth, Southampton, and Winchester. The boundaries are sometimes close in to the town, and sometimes far out; they are not at all obvious, and I would they were supported by a list of boroughs.

settlements    
street map    
distances from London    
Settlements are marked by a small group of blocks, perhaps with a cross for a church, differentiated by style of labelling.
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street plan perhaps with shaded area for buildings; labelled in upright block caps:-
WINCHESTER / 62
town     group of blocks; boroughs labelled in italic block caps, other towns in upright lowercase text, eg:-
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PETERSFIELD / 54
ANDOVER / 63
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Alton / 47
Stockbridge / 66
The figures are the distances from London. The boroughs are delimited by a dash and circle boundary line.

village     a few blocks, usually with a cross for a church; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
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Upper Wallop
Selbourne
hamlet     a few blocks, no cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
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Thorpe
Nth. Oakley
This style of lettering is used generally for features on the map.


roads    
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Roads are drawn with a double line, solid or dotted presumable indicating fenced or unfenced road boundaries. The roads are graded: major roads broader, one line bold, perhaps indicating a turnpike? minor roads narrower.

canals    
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Canals are drawn with a curvy triple line, light bold light, perhaps labelled. It is possible to see:-
Basingstoke Canal     from Basingstoke to the border with Surrey. Greywell Tunnel is a gap, not labelled.
Basingstoke Can.
Itchen Navigation     patches drawn between Winchester and the Itchen estuary.

Titchfield Canal     Not drawn with the canal symbol, but it is possible to see its route.

Andover Canal     from Andover to Redbridge.
Andover & Stockbridge C.
Salisbury and Southampton Canal     from the Avon near Salisbury to the Andover Canal near Mottisfont, the section to Southampton not drawn.


railways    
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Railways are drawn by a double line with cross ties. The lines are engraved over existing features on the map, obscuring features and labels willy-nilly. The original map, 1833, had no railways. Later maps have more railways as a broad bold line:-

                 
  map edition -       1831 1848? 1865? 1870s?
                 
  London and Southampton Railway              
  1840         Y Y Y
  Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway              
  1842         Y Y Y
  Chichester to Portsmouth branch railway              
  1847         Y Y Y
  Eastleigh to Salisbury branch railway              
  1847         Y Y Y
  Southampton and Dorchester Railway              
  1847         Y Y Y
  Berkshire and Hampshire Railway              
  1848           Y Y
  Fareham to Cosham branch railway              
  1848         Y Y Y
  Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway              
  1849         Y Y Y
  Basingstoke and Salisbury Railway              
  1854           Y Y
  Lymington Railway              
  1858           Y Y
  Portsmouth Railway              
  1859           Y Y
  Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway              
  1862           part Y
  Bishops Waltham Railway              
  1863           Y Y
  Stokes Bay Railway and Pier              
  1863           Y Y
  Petersfield Railway              
  1864           Y Y
  Andover and Redbridge Railway              
  1865           Y Y
  Mid Hants Railway              
  1865           Y Y
  Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway              
  1866             Y
  Hayling Railway              
  1867           bldg Y
miscellaneous    



salterns    
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Shaded areas south west of Lymington are labelled:-
Salt Works
telegraphs    
South west of Bramshaw is labelled:-
Telegraph
beacons    
I have found none of the Hampshire beacons, but to the north of Farnham, Surrey, is labelled:-
Farnham Beacon
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