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Pigot 1835	NOTES from PIGOT'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1835
FA1999.60.1	These notes are taken from the map of Hampshire by Pigot and Co, London and Manchester, 1835, edition of 1841. The map item studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1999.60.1.
	map type: HantsMap & Pigot 1835
	The map size is: wxh, sheet = 12x19.5cm; wxh, map = 104x164mm. The map was published in A Pocket Topography of England, by Pigot and Co, London, 1841.
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title map maker engraver	Printed top centre in a plain cartouche in the border is:- HAMPSHIRE in decorative block caps. Printed bottom centre:- PUBLISHED BY PIGOT & Co. LONDON AND MANCHESTER Printed bottom right:- Pigot & Slater Engravers Manchr.
orientation north point up is N	Printed lower left is a north pint; N-S line with an arrow marking North, E-W cross line. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
scale line scale	Printed bottom centre in a cartouche in the border is a:- Scale of Miles chequered in miles, labelled 1,2,4,6,8 10 miles. The 10 miles = 19.1 mm giving a scale 1 to 842588 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 840000 13 miles to 1 inch Using the scale of latitude another estimate of the scale can be got. 1 degree latitude = 129.2mm gives a scale 1 to 861597. The map scale is about:- 1 to 860000 A good estimate of the real scale of the map can be made by reading the positions of a number of towns and comparing these to their known positions. DISTTAB.exe software is used to do the sums. The map scale is calulated as:- 1 to 870000 The accuracy of the scale line is estimated:- 1 map mile = 1.05 statute miles
lat and long scales	Printed in the map borders, which are tinted pale brown, are scale of latitude and longitude; chequered in minutes, labelled at 5 minute intervals. The projection is decidedly odd, trapezoid, but upsidedown; the longitude scale at the top is wider than the scale at the bottom! The ratio of the bottom (S) scale to top (N) scale is 0.94, it should be about 1.02. The ratio of latitude/longitude scales is 1.61; this is close to the value to produce a 'square' map, 1.58 at latitude 51d N. Measured from the map as well as can be, the:- longitude, Winchester: 1d 16.6m W Suggesting a prime meridian about 2 degrees W of Greenwich.
table of symbols	Printed upper right is an:- Explanation. Turnpike Roads ... [double line] Rail Roads ... [bold line] Rivers ... [wiggly line] Canals ... [triple line, light bold light] Boundary of Counties ... [dotted line]
sea area sea plain	The sea is plain; some ares are labelled, eg:- THE ENGLISH CHANNEL CHRISTCHURCH BAY
coast line coast form lines harbours	The coast line emphasized by form lines and tinted blue. The form lines are continued in estauries and harbours. Harbours are recognisable, but not labelled.
rivers	Rivers are drawn by a wiggly line tapering upstream. None are labelled. All the major river systems of the county seem to be represented, with numerous tributaries.
relief	No relief is indicated.
woods forests	No woodland is indicated by symbols, but:- NEW FOREST is labelled as an area.
parks	A number of parks are shown in outline, with a suggestion of fence plaings. The areas are tinted green, but the tinting of the whole map is poorly done, parks are most slap dash. Parks include modern estates as well as some of the old emparked areas, and are mostly [all?] unlabelled.
county	The county boundary is a bold dotted line, tinted on its inner side; it's meant to be like that, but the tinting is inaccurate. Adjacent counties are divided by boundaries and labelled, eg:- BERKSHIRE Each county has its own tint: Hampshire yellow, Wiltshire green, Berkshire magenta, Surrey blue, Sussex magenta. Notice that this is 1 more colour than is needed. The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is shown, interrupting the right border of the map, unlabelled, but coloured to match Hampshire. Quite a lot of topographic detail is shown in the adjacent counties, but less densely than in Hampshire.
settlements	Settlements are marked by small groups of blocks, differentiated by style of labelling.
city town	group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:- WINCHESTER LYMINGTON STOCK-BRIDGE

village hamlet	group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, perhaps in two sizes, eg:- Upr. Wallop / Lr. Wallop Hartley Lyndhurst

roads	Roads are drawn by a double line. They are all declared to be turnpike by the table of symbols, but this may not be so.
canals	Canals are drawn by a curvy triple line, light bold light. None are labelled, but it is possible to recognise:- Basingstoke Canal Andover Canal [not through to Southampton] Salisbury and Southampton Canal Itchen Navigation Titchfield Canal the Portsea Island canal
railways	A single railway is shown on the map, labelled:- London and South Western Raily. When the map was made, 1835, the London and Southampton Railway had not been built, though its route was known from its Act of Parliament passed 1834. It was renamed the London and South Western railway in 1839, and opened throughout in 1840.

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NOTES from PIGOT'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1835

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