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Checklist of Hampshire Maps
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Walker 1837
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Map, Hampshire, scale about 4.5 miles to 1 inch, by John and Charles Walker,
derived from the Ordnance Survey and others, published by Longman, Rees and Co,
Paternoster Row, London, 1837; published 1837-70.
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Published in 'To their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and the
Princess Victoria, This British Atlas, Comprising separate Maps of every County
in England each Riding in Yorkshire and North and South wales Showing the Roads,
Railways, Canals, Parks, Boundaries of Boroughs, &c. Compiled from the maps of
the Board of Ordnance and other Trigonometrical Surveys ... by ... J. & C.
Walker. Published March 1, 1837, by Longman, Rees & Co. Paternoster Row, and J.
& C. Walker, 3 Burleigh Street, Strand.' |
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the atlas has a title page and 47 maps; its size is 13 3/8 x 16 1/2 ins. |
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Lithograph version published in a Fox-Hunting Atlas by Hobson, 1850. |
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Published in a reprint 1837, after the accession of Victoria, with the
atlas dedication amended. |
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Published in an edition, 1841. |
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the map is the same, and is accompanied by a page of text of statistical tables
and a table of distances. |
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Perhaps published in an edition, 1846. |
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Published in an edition, 1852; same as the 1841 edition. |
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Published in an edition, 1862; there might be amendments, eg the
railways corrected. |
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Published in an edition, 1870; with the railways brought up to date; it
is not clear whether railways, for example, are brought up to date for each
edition. |
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scale line:-
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example:-
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map -- HMCMS:FA1998.138
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map feature:-
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hand coloured & title cartouche & compass rose & scale line &
lat and long scales & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hill
hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & hundreds
& electoral data & settlements & roads & railways & canals
& table of symbols & table of hundreds (etc) |
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inscription:- |
printed -- title cartouche
HAMPSHIRE / AND ISLE OF WIGHT
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inscription:- |
printed -- below title
BY J. & C. WALKER.
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inscription:- |
printed -- bottom centre
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Co. Paternoster Row 1841
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scale line:-
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12 miles = 69.8 mm |
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map type:-
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HantsMap -- Walker 1837
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dimension:- |
wxh, sheet = 35x43cm |
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wxh, map = 319x398mm |
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scale = 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 276678 from scale line assuming modern mile) |
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scale = 1 to 270000 ? (40 mins lat = 274.5mm is 1 to 270354) |
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longitude, Winchester = 1d 18.4m W (approx) |
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map type tabulation
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reference:- |
Hobson: 1850: Fox Hunting Atlas |
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Walker, J and C: 1837 & 1841 & 1846(?) & 1852 & 1862 & 1870: British Atlas:
Longman, Rees and Co & Walker, J and C (London) |
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also see:-
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related map type -- Hobson 1850
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map type Walker 1837 -- menu of resources
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maps:-
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HMCMS Map Collection (scanned item in bold)
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HMCMS:FA1988.6 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1998.5 -- title page
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HMCMS:FA1998.138 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.74 -- map
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HMCMS:FA1999.114 -- map
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HMCMS:FA2000.56 -- map
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HMCMS:FA2001.184.1 -- map
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| MN: 18.6.2001 |