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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Ogilby 1675
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Road book, Britannia, including 10 road strip maps with sections in
Hampshire, scales about 1 inch to 1 mile, by John Ogilby, London, 1675.
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The plates which concern Hampshire, using numbers from the 2nd? edition of 1675,
are plates 25, 26, 30, 32, 39, 51, 53, 81, 83, 97. |
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pl.25 'Road From London to the Lands End' from London, ... Blackwater, Surrey,
via Basingstoke, Whitchurch, to Andover, Hampshire. |
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pl.26 'Road from London to the Lands End' from Andover, Hampshire via Middle
Wallop ... to Crookhorn, Somerset. |
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pl.30 'Road From London to Portsmouth'; from London, ... via Liphook,
Petersfield, Horndean, to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
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pl.32 'Road from London to Barnstable' from Andover, Hampshire ... to
Bridgewater, Somerset. |
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pl.39 'Road from London to Chichester' from Guildford, Surrey to Chichester,
West Sussex; a branch from Midhurst via Petersfield to Winchester,
Hampshire. |
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pl.51 'Road from London to Southampton' from near Bagshot? Surrey, via
Aldershot, Hampshire, via Farnham, Surrey, via Alton, New Alresford, Twyford, to
Southampton, Hampshire; and from Southampton to Romsey, Hampshire, ... to
Salisbury, Wiltshire. |
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pl.53 'Road From London to Weymouth' from Basingstoke via Stockbridge,
Broughton, Hampshire, ... to Weymouth, Dorset. |
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pl.81 'Road From Oxford to Chichester' from Oxford, Oxfordshire, ... Newbury,
Berkshire ... via Kingsclere, Basingstoke, Alton, and Petersfield, Hampshire ...
to Chichester, West Sussex. |
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pl.83 'Road from Oxford to Salisbury' from Oxford, Oxfordshire ... across
Hampshire near Shipton Bellinger ... to Poole, Dorset. |
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pl.97 'Road from London to Pool' from Alresford via Winchester to Poole, Dorset;
from Poole via Christchurch, Dorset to Lymington, Hampshire; and from
Southampton to Winchester, Hampshire. |
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Published in 'Britannia, Volume the First: or, an Illustration of the
Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales: By a Geographical and Historical
Description of the Principal Roads thereof. Actually Admeasured and Delineated
in a Century of Whole-sheet Copper Sculps. Accomodated With the Ichnography of
the several Cities and Capital Towns; and Compleated By an Accurate Account of
the more Remarkable Passages of Antiquity, Together with a Novel Discourse on
the Present State. By John Ogilby Esq; His Majesty's Cosmographer, and Master of
His Majesty's Revels in the Kingdom of Ireland. London, Printed by the Author at
his House in White-Fryers. MDCLXXV.' |
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The first edition has a map of England showing the routes, there is an
illustrated title page, a dedication to Charles II whose coat of arms is on each
map, preface, list of post roads etc; each route is described in text pages; the
atlas size is 11 x 17 ins; the maps are strip maps of roads at a scale 1 inch to
1 mile, accurately measured. The surveyor for plates 25 and 30 was Richard
Shortgrass. |
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Published in a ?second edition in 1675, with plate numbers. |
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Published again in 1675 in 'Itinerarium Angliae: or, A Book of Roads,
Wherein are Contain'd The Principal Road Ways of His Majesty's Kingdom of
England and Dominion of Wales: Actuall Admeasured and Delineated in a Century of
Whole-sheet Copper Sculps, and Illustrated with the Ichnography of the several
Cities and Capital Towns. By John Ogilby Esq ... London, Printed by the Author
at his House in White-Fryers. M.D.C.LXXV.' |
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The 3rd edition is a reprint without the text pages, with different general text
(see Chubb). |
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Published in a reprint 1698, 'Britannia: or, the Kingdom of England and
Dominion of Wales, actually survey'd with a Geographical and Historical
Description of the Principal Roads ... By John Ogilby, Esq., Cosmographer to
Charles the Second. London: Printed for Abel Swall at the Unicorn in
Pater-noster-row, and Robert Morden, at the Atlas in Cornhill,
MDCXCVIII.' |
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The 1698 reprint has the original plates with reduced text. |
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There are series of closely derived versions of these maps published in the
early 18th century, by Gardner, Senex, Bowen, etc |
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example:-
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strip map (pl.97) -- HMCMS:FA1997.3
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map feature:-
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not coloured & title cartouche & compass rose & roads &
settlements & relief & hillocks & streets & rivers & coast
shaded & road distances & trees |
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inscription:- |
printed -- title cartouche
The Road from LONDON to POOL in the Count. Dorset: / By JOHN OGILBY Esqr.
his Maties. Cosmograph: / ...
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Ogilby 1675
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 48x38.5cm |
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wxh, plate = 456x346mm |
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wxh, map = 444x338mm |
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scale = 1 to 63360 ? (nominal) |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Ogilby, John: 1675: Britannia & Illustration of the Kingdom of England and
Dominion of Wales: (London) |
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Ogilby, John: 1675: Itinerarium Angliae & Book of Roads: (London) |
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Ogilby, John: 1698: Britannia: Abel Swall & Robert Morden (London) |
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also see:-
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related map type -- Gardner 1719
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related map type -- Senex 1719
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related map type -- Senex 1757
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related map type -- Hinton 1765
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related map type -- Kitchin 1767
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related map type -- Jefferys 1775
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map type Ogilby 1675 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:FA1991.5 -- strip map (pl.25)
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HMCMS:FA1991.6 -- reproduction atlas
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HMCMS:FA1997.3 -- strip map (pl.97)
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HMCMS:FA1997.7 -- strip map (pl.25)
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HMCMS:FA1997.8 -- strip map (pl.30)
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HMCMS:FA1998.1 -- strip map (pl.53)
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HMCMS:FA1998.2 -- strip map (pl.81)
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HMCMS:FA1998.21 -- descriptive text (pl.51?)
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HMCMS:FA1998.22 -- descriptive text
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HMCMS:FA1998.166 -- strip map (pl.39)
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HMCMS:FA1998.167 -- descriptive text (pl.39)
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HMCMS:FA1998.172 -- strip map (pl.32)
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HMCMS:FA1998.173 -- strip map (pl.83)
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HMCMS:FA1998.174 -- strip map (pl.26)
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HMCMS:FA1998.218 -- reproduction atlas
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HMCMS:FA2002.77 -- frontispiece
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HMCMS:KD1996.7 -- strip map (pl.51)
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private collection (15) -- road map
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private collection (35) -- road map
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private collection (39) -- title page
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| MN: 20.12.2001 |