Map Notes -- MARSHAL1.txt

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Marshall 1798	NOTES from MARSHALL'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE Etc, 1798
B2001.83.1	Notes from the map of the Hampshire and Sussex area, in The Rural Economy of the Southern Counties by William Marshall, published by G Nicol, G G and J Robinson and J Debrett, London, 1798. The notes are made from the map in a book in the Library Collection, HAMPSHIRE CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:B2001.83.1.
	map type: HantsMap & Marshall 1798
	Remember that these notes are about Hampshire and take little notice of the adjacent counties.
	William Marshall
	William Marshall was born in Yorkshire, 1745. He became an agriculturalist, and also a philologist. He is said to have written the 'Rural Economy', or at least parts of it, while working as an agricultural adviser to Sir Francis Henry Drake, Buckland Abbey, Devon, about 1791-1794. The survey eventually extended to the whole of England.
	MAP FEATURES
title engraver publisher	Printed lower right:- THE WESTERN DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES The map covers the east edge of Wiltshire; most of Hampshire; most of West Sussex; Surrey; the edge of London; part of Middlesex; part of Berkshire; and the Isle of Wight. Say:- SU15__ to TQ25__ SZ__75 to SU__81 Printed bottom left is:- Mutlow sc Russel Court Printed at the bottom:- Published July 1798, by G. G & J. Robinson, Pater Noster Row, G. Nicoll, Pall Mall, & J. Debret, Piccadilly. / to be put in with a Guard before the Title Page of Vol. II.
orientation compass rose	The map has a very simple compass rose upper left of centre. There are lines for the cardinal directions in a double circle; north marked by a fleur de lys, east by a cross.
lat and long scales	The borders of the map are printed with rectangular scales for latitude and longitude, chequered at 5 minute intervals, labelled at 15 minute intervals. Detail notes see:-
	see:- MAR1LLS.txt The map scale might be estimated from the latitude scale.
sea area sea plain	The sea is plain.
coast line coast form lines	The coast is emphasised by form lines which extend into harbours and estuaries.
rivers	Some of the county's [Hampshire's] main rivers are shown. For what appears to be a map of the physical geography of the county and region, relief, rivers, soils, there are some glaring errors. There is no River Itchen. The Loddon/Lyde system looks wrong. Test and Meon are cut short. ... Rivers are generally not named.
relief hill hachuring	Relief is suggested by crude hill hachuring, outlining the chalk downland, which is marked by 'grass' symbols. There is some labelling of hill areas, eg:- The WESTERN DIVISION of the CHALK HILLS for the North Hampshire downs. Elsewhere on the map is:- The EASTERN and:- SOUTHERN DIVISION of the suggesting that this map should be seen with an accompnying east sheet. A valley is named, the Wey's valley south of Alton:- VALLEY of FARNHAM
county	The county boundary is a dotted line, fairly smoothed out in places. In places the engraving of the county boundary is abandoned in favour of a river. Counties are not named.
settlements	A small number of places are marked, positioned by a circle, all labelled in italic lowercase text. In Hampshire all are market towns, except Weyhill which is presumably included for the importance of its sheep fair.
	Hampshire Towns
	The towns shown are:-
	Alton
	Andover
	Basingstoke
	Bishops Waltham
	Christchurch
	Fareham
	Fordingbridge
	Gosport
	Havant
	Kingsclere
	Lymington
	Alresford
	Odiham
	Petersfield
	Portsmouth
	Ringwood
	Romsey
	Southampton
	Stockbridge
	Whitchurch
	Winchester

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NOTES from MARSHALL'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE Etc, 1798

William Marshall

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Hampshire Towns