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OS 1950s Seventh Series
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NOTES about the SEVENTH SERIES 1 INCH MAPS for HAMPSHIRE, 1950s
FA2003.4.167  
FA1998.57  
FA2003.4.169  
FA2003.4.179  
FA1998.298  
FA1998.235  
MAP45.158  
 These brief notes are about the One inch map Seventh Series, Hampshire, published by the Ordnance Survey from 1950s.
map type: HantsMap & OS 1950s Seventh Series

HAMPSHIRE COVERAGE
The following sheets are needed for coverage of the county: grid references of the four corners are given; the Hampshire towns listed are the '21' old market towns, other places are an adhoc selection of relevance to Hampshire routes (see the route segments defined for Hampshire):-
sheet 158    
Oxford and Newbury
ngr rectangle: SU280650; SP280100; SP680100; SU680650
parts of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire; and a minute corner of Hampshire which has nothing of interest at this scale.
Oxfordshire places:-
Oxford
Berkshire places:-
Reading & Hungerford & Newbury & Aldermaston

sheet 167    
Salisbury
ngr rectangle: ST880200; ST880650; SU280650; SU280200
parts of Wiltshire, and Hampshire.
Wiltshire places:-
Salisbury & Downton & Devizes & Ludgershall & Amesbury

sheet 168    
Winchester
ngr rectangle: SU280200; SU280650; SU680650; SU680200
parts of Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Berkshire.
Hampshire towns:-
Andover & Basingstoke & Kingsclere & New Alresford & Romsey & Stockbridge & Whitchurch & Winchester

sheet 169    
Aldershot
ngr rectangle: SU630280; SU630720; TQ030730; TQ030280
parts of Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and West Sussex.
Hampshire towns:-
Alton & Basingstoke & Odiham
Surrey places:-
Bagshot & Farnham & Godalming & Guildford
Berkshire places:-
Reading

sheet 179    
Bournemouth
ngr rectangle: SY880750; ST880200; SU280200; SZ280750
parts of Dorset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire.
Hampshire towns:-
Fordingbridge & Ringwood
Dorset towns:-
Christchurch & Poole & Wimborne

sheet 180    
The Solent
ngr rectangle: SZ280750; SU280200; SU680200; SZ680750
parts of Hampshire, and all the Isle of Wight.
Hampshire towns:-
Bishops Waltham & Fareham & Gosport & Lymington & Portsmouth & Southampton

sheet 181    
Chichester
ngr rectangle: SZ630900; SU630350; TQ030350; TV030900
parts of Hampshire, West Sussex, and a tiny part of Surrey.
Hampshire towns:-
Havant & Petersfield & Portsmouth
West Sussex places:-
Midhurst & Chichester

The same arrangement of sheets was used for the Ordnance Survey one inch maps of the New Popular Edition.
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button source item -- HMCMS:FA2003.4.167 -- map (sheet 167)
button source item -- HMCMS:FA1998.57 -- map (sheet 168)
button source item -- HMCMS:FA2003.4.169 -- map (sheet 169)
button source item -- HMCMS:FA2003.4.179 -- map (sheet 179)
button source item -- HMCMS:FA1998.298 -- map (sheet 180)
button source item -- HMCMS:FA1998.235 -- map (sheet 181)
button source item -- HMCMS:MAP45.158 -- map (sheet 181)
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HantsMap Notes -- ORDNCE11.txt
MN: 1.6.2003
last edit: 9.7.2003