Market Town Positions
21 towns	HAMPSHIRE'S 21 TOWNS There are 21 towns of long standing in Hampshire which are regularly referred to by the Old Hampshire Mapped project. The positions of the towns are tabulated below. But notice that there are serious problems in judging where a town is. Towns have extent, they are not at a mathematical point. On both new and old maps the plotted position of a feature may not be just where the feature is, or was, remember that the feature, especially a settlement, may have spread and its centre shifted as time passes. The parish church might be a good point to use for comparing old and new positions? but in many cases the choice of where has to be a subjective judgement. The ngr coordinates are only accurate to 100m, the coordinates expressed in metres are for the convenience of GIS users but must NOT be taken to imply accuracy to 1m:-
ngr coords	21 Towns NGR Coordinates                   town   code ngr   coords in metres                   Alton   ALT SU718393   471800 139300   Andover   AND SU365458   436500 145800   Basingstoke   BSK SU634527   463400 152700   Bishops Waltham   BWM SU556177   455600 117700   Christchurch   CHR SZ159925   415900 092500                   Fareham   FRH SU575061   457500 106100   Fordingbridge   FDB SU150145   415000 114500   Gosport   GOS SZ621996   462100 099600   Havant   HVN SU717062   471700 106200   Kingsclere   KCL SU525586   452500 158600                 Lymington   LMG SZ322954   432200 095400   New Alresford   ALR SU588326   458800 132600   Odiham   ODH SU740509   474000 150900   Petersfield   PTF SU744235   474400 123500   Portsmouth   POR SZ632993   463200 099300                 Ringwood   RGW SU149054   414900 105400   Romsey   ROM SU351212   435100 121200   Southampton   SOT SU417122   441700 112200   Stockbridge   STB SU355351   435500 135100   Whitchurch   WHC SU460478   446000 147800                   Winchester   WIN SU478293   447800 129300
lat and long	21 Towns Latitude and Longitude The 21 town positions using latitude and longitude are listed below using two conventions; degrees and decimal minutes, and decimal degrees:-                     town   code lat d m   long d m   lat d long d                       Alton   ALT 51 09.0 N   0 58.7 W   51.150 N 0.978 W   Andover   AND 51 12.4 N   1 28.7 W   51.207 N 1.478 W   Basingstoke   BSK 51 16.0 N   1 05.4 W   51.267 N 1.090 W   Bishops Waltham   BWM 50 57.2 N   1 12.6 W   50.953 N 1.210 W   Christchurch   CHR 50 43.9 N   1 46.9 W   50.732 N 1.782 W                       Fareham   FRH 50 51.3 N   1 11.9 W   50.855 N 1.198 W   Fordingbridge   FDB 50 55.7 N   1 47.7 W   50.928 N 1.795 W   Gosport   GOS 50 48.0 N   1 09.4 W   50.800 N 1.158 W   Havant   HVN 50 51.2 N   0 59.1 W   51.853 N 0.985 W   Kingsclere   KCL 51 19.4 N   1 14.8 W   51.323 N 1.247 W                       Lymington   LMG 50 45.5 N   1 32.4 W   50.758 N 1.540 W   New Alresford   ALR 51 05.3 N   1 09.9 W   51.088 N 1.165 W   Odiham   ODH 51 51.4 N   0 56.0 W   51.857 N 0.933 W   Petersfield   PTF 51 00.3 N   0 56.3 W   51.005 N 0.938 W   Portsmouth   POR 50 48.5 N   1 04.3 W   50.808 N 1.072 W                       Ringwood   RGW 50 50.9 N   1 46.8 W   50.848 N 1.780 W   Romsey   ROM 50 59.5 N   1 29.7 W   50.922 N 1.495 W   Southampton   SOT 50 55.1 N   1 23.8 W   50.918 N 1.397 W   Stockbridge   STB 51 07.0 N   1 29.6 W   51.117 N 1.493 W   Whitchurch   WHC 51 14.0 N   1 20.1 W   51.233 N 1.335 W                       Winchester   WIN 51 03.7 N   1 18.5 W   51.062 N 1.308 W