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Map Notes
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Kitchin 1763
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NOTES about HAMPSHIRE from KITCHIN'S MAP of ENGLAND AND
WALES, 1760s
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FA1997.115
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These notes about Hampshire are taken from a map of England
and Wales by Thomas Kitchin, published about 1760s. The map is in
the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item
HMCMS:FA1997.115
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The map size is about wxh, sheet=47x39cm, plate 361x359mm, map
349x346mm.
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map type: HantsMap & Kitchin 1763 (?)
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Notes about the Dodsley map, 1763-64, are taken from an
example in Ross Old Books and Maps, with thanks. Remember that
these notes are concerned with Hampshire and ignore much of the
map contents.
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Identification
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The map is like the map by Kitchin published volume 2 of:-
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England Illustrated, Or, A Compendium Of The Natural History,
Geography, Topography, And Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil,
Of England and Wales. With Maps pf othe several Counties, ...
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall. MDCCLXIV.
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Which Dodsley announced late 1763. In that atlas the
frontispiece to volume 2 has the title:-
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KITCHIN'S most ACCURATE MAP of the ROADS of ENGLAND and WALES,
with the Distances by the Mile-Stones, and other most exact
Admensurations between Town & Town.
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in a scroll cartouche decorated with trees, and a harbour with
a ship to the left, and ?turnips, sack, flail, and wheatsheaf
below. Printed at the top is:-
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Frontispiece Vol.II.
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and at the bottom:-
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Printed for R. and I. Dodsley in Pall-Mall.
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This England and Wales map is related to a county map in the
Map Collection:-
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map type: HantsMap & Kitchin 1763
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The example road in the explanation below the title, and the
cartouche of county names and numbers, are identical to the item
in the Map Collection. The title cartouche is completely
re-engraved though with some of the same wording. As far as
comparison at a distance is reliable the details for Hampshire on
the two maps are the same. It is believed that the item in the
Map Collection is a later state of the Kicthin 1763 England and
Wales map.
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The map has been seen in a map shop ascribed to Walpoole,
1794, presumably the 1794 edition of The New and Complete English
Traveller, published by Alexander Hogg, earlier published as the
New British Traveller, 1784.
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MAP FEATURES
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title cartouche
scenic cartouche
map maker
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Printed upper right is a title text set in landscape with a
grove of trees, a post chaise to the right, a milestone:-
IX From London
to the right. The title is:-
A New most Accurate & Complete MAP of
all the Direct, and Principal Cross ROADS, in ENGLAND and WALES,
Carefully corrected from Late Surveys: with the Distances by the
Mile Stones, and other most exact Admensurations between Town and
Town.
The maps shows England Wales; plus parts of Scotland, Ireland
and France in outline, with a few border or coastal places.
No where on the map is any note of the map maker's or
engraver's names. The style of the map is late 18th century.
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orientation
compass rose
up is N
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Printed lower left is a simple compass rose; star points for
the cardinal directions, lines for the half cardinal directions,
North marked by a fleur de lys. The map is printed with North at
the top.
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scale
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The map has no indication of scale. It is possible to estimate
a scale form the size of the map, positions of towns, etc. The
map distance from London to Bristol is 91 mm for 174.1 Km, giving
a scale roughly:-
1 to 1900000
30 miles to 1 inch
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table of symbols
road distances
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Printed upper right under the title is:-
Remarks
Cities in New Print as
London,
'new' appears to mean upright rather than italic, and:-
The Distances on the Roads in Measur'd
Miles, between Town and Town as under.
[diagram of a part road with places and
distance figures]
The figures added together shew the Distances from London to
Wicomb 29 Miles, or from London to Amersham 26 Miles.
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sea area
sea plain
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The sea is plain; some sea areas are labelled, eg:-
ENGLISH CHANNEL
Spithead
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coast line
coast shaded
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The coast line is shaded for emphasis.
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rivers
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Except for the larger river estuaries:-
Severn R.
Thames River
big enough to be labelled, rivers are not shown on the map. By
Hampshire 'Spithead' rather than a river name is given.
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relief
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No relief is shown on the map.
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country
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England and Wales are not separated by anything except the
county boundaries, and are not labelled. The scottish border is a
dashed line. Neighbouring countries are labelled, eg:-
SCOTLAND
FRANCE
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county
table of counties
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County boundaries are dotted lines. The county areas are
labelled with a number, keying to a table, numbering from the
north:-
REFERENCES TO THE COUNTIES
1 Northumberland
2 Cumberland
3 Durham
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51 Hampshire
...
in a scroll cartouche.
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settlements
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Settlements are positioned by a circle, differentiated by
added elements and labelling style.
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city
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circle and tower(s); labelled in upright lowercase text,
eg:-
Winchester
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town
village
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circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Andover
Harndon
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The towns included in Hampshire are:-
Alton
Andover
Basingstoke
Waltham [Bishops Waltham]
Christchurch
Fareham
Fording Br. [Fordingbridge]
Gosport
Havant
Kingsclear [Kingsclere]
Lymington
Alresford [New Alresford]
Petersfield
Portsmouth
Ringwood
Rumsey [Romsey]
Southampton
Stockbridge
Whitchurch
Winchester
There are other places as well, necessary as nodes in the road
network.
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roads
road distances
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The map has a network of roads drawn by a double line. At this
scale only major routes are shown.
Most of the 'Ogilby' routes are shown, missing: a segment of
Ogilby 51 between Alresford and Southampton, and the end segment
of Ogilby 30 to Portsmouth. There are extra routes: Winchester
through Stockbridge to Salisbury; Blackwater through Swallowfield
to Kingsclere; and Winchester through Cosham to Chichester.
Road distances are marked in figures beside the road between
towns (or villages). Whole miles or half and quarters are given,
eg:-
12
8 3/4
The stretch of road from Andover through Lopcomb Corner to
Salisbury is labelled:-
The Hull
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Route diagram:-
see:- KIT9RTE.txt
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map type Kitchin 1763 -- menu of resources |
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source item -- HMCMS:FA1997.115 -- map |
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list of map notes |
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HantsMap Notes -- KITCHIN9.txt
MN: 12.10.2001
last edit: 4.11.2001
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