Map Notes -- SELLER2.txt

	Map Notes

Seller 1694	NOTES from SELLER'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1694
FA1997.68 FA1999.110.1	These notes are made from an edition of the map of Hampshire by John Seller, 1694, published by Francis Grose to illustrate the Antiquities of England and Wales, 1787. The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA1997.68. Some notes were made from the 1694 edition of the map, item HMCMS:FA1999.110.1.
	map type: HantsMap & Seller 1694
	MAP FEATURES
title oval cartouche map maker	The new cartouche, 1787, is an oval upper left:- HAMPSHIRE The title cartouche is the only alteration to the map in 1787, from the original of 1694. The old cartouche was a scroll cartouche:- HANT SHIRE The map has no map maker's or engraver's name. It is recognizable. The map was drawn by John Seller, 1694. Perhaps the out of date was used by Francis Grose as a fitting antiquarian map for his book.
orientation labelled borders	The map's orientation is given by labels in the four borders:- North East South West There is no compass rose.
scale line scale old english mile	A scale line:- Scale of Miles has ten miles, chequered at the first mile and at two mile intervals. 1 to miles is 26.4mm giving a scale 1 to 609600, wrongly assuming a modern statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 610000 10 miles to 1 inch A better estimate of scale can be made from town positions, comparing known town-town distances, using DISTAB.exe. Measured from another copy of the same map the map scale is about:- 1 to 830000 13 miles to 1 inch The map maker's mile is an:- Old English Mile = 1.26 statute miles
	It is not shown on this map or on other in the HMCMS Map Collection, but on an other edition there may be a grid, and scales in the map borders, showing 'Miles West from ye Meridian of London' and 'Miles South from ye Parallel of London'. This feature appears on an edition of the Dorset county map.
sea area sea plain sandbanks	The sea is plain. Hurst and Calshot spits are shown as sandbanks.
coast line coast shaded headlands	The coast line is shaded. One headland is labelled:- Rams - head off Portsmouth.
coastal defence castles	Two of the coastal defence castles are marked by a tower, labelled:- Hurst Castle Calshot Ca. Each on their spit of land.
rivers	The coast shading extends into river mouths. From there, rivers are drawn with a wiggly line tapering at the head. Some bridges are drawn by a double line crossing a river; this might or might not interupt the line of the river. There are no roads on the map. For examples see west of Fareham, at Ringwood, and at Burgate (by Fordingbridge).
relief hillocks	Relief is indicated by hillocks, a simple hump shaded to the east. These do not seem to be clumped in a meaningful way, but are scattered about as decoration.
beacons	Beacons are not shown on the map. but there is a hamlet labelled:- Beacon east of Romsey; where Toothill Beacon might be.
woods	Tree symbols are also scattered like decoration. It would be hard to say that any represent the known great forests
settlements	Settlements are positioned with a circle. The circle is sometines missing.
city	circle, buildings, towers; upright lowercase text, eg:- Winchester

town	circle, tower, etc; italic lowercase text, eg:- Ringwood

village	circle; italic lowercase text, eg:- Hale

	DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
	Grose's book had the map printed at the top of a page with a descriptive text below (I currently do not have access to the continuation of the text):-
	HAMPSHIRE
	Is a maritime county, which under the Britons was included in the principality of Belgae, but after the arrival of the Romans became part of the province of Britannia prima; and after their quitting the island was comprized, during the Heptarchy, in the kingdom of Wessex; the third kingdom the Saxons established, which began in 519, and continued to 828, under 18 kings. It is now in the western circuit, province of Canterbury, and diocese of Winchester. It is bounded on the north by Berkshire, south by the Isle of Wight and the British Channel, east by Surry and Sussex, and west by Wiltshire and Dorsetshire. It is sometimes called Hants, and the county of Southamptonshire. Is 60 miles long, 30 broad, and 150 in circumference; containing 1481 square miloes, or 1,212,000 square acres. It has 1 city (Winchester) and 20 market-towns, viz. Southampton, Portsmouth, Gosport, Andover, Christchurch, Stockbridge, Lymington, Witchurch, Petersfield, Basingstoke, Alresford, Aston (sic), Fareham, Havant, Kingsclear, Odiham, Ringwood, Fordingbridge, Rumsey and Waltham; with 253 parishes, 77 vicarages, and 1062 villages. It is divided into 39 hundreds, has 182,000 inhabitants, sends [ ]

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NOTES from SELLER'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1694

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