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NOTES from TEESDALE'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1830

FA2002.84.1  
These notes are taken from the map of Hampshire published in A New Travelling Atlas, by Henry Teesdale and Co, 302 High Holborn, London, 1830; lithographed and published by John Heywood, 1860s? The map studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museums Service, item HMCMS:FA2002.84.1.
map type: HantsMap & Teesdale 1830
The map size is: wxh, sheet = 17.5x23cm; wxh, map = 151x194mm. The map was plate 17 in its atlas.

MAP FEATURES

title cartouche    
title    
decorative border    

Printed upper left is a shaded title cartouche:-
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HAMPSHIRE
The shading matches the map's moderately, formally decorated border, which is, perhaps, typical of the early 19th century?

orientation    
compass rose    
up is N    

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Printed upper right is a compass rose; no circle, star points for cardinal and half cardinal directions, North marked by a fleur de lys. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.

scale line    
scale    

Printed lower left is a:-
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Scale of Miles
chequered in miles to 5, then in 5 mile intervals. The 10 miles = 21.1 mm gives a scale 1 to 762722 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:-
1 to 760000
12 miles to 1 inch

sea area    
sea plain    

The sea area is plain; some sea areas are labelled, eg:-
ENGLISH CHANNEL
The Solent
Spithead

coast line    
coast form lines    
headlands    
harbours    

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The coast line is emphasised by form lines. Of the headlands only:-
Hengistbury Head
is labelled, and of the harbours only:-
Portsmouth Harb.
The form lines in the larger harbours suggest some of the islands.

coastal defence    
castles    

Very little of the coastal defence of Hampshire is noticed on the map. Only:-
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Hurst Castle
is drawn, perhaps by a dot and circle and tower, and labelled.

rivers    
bridges    

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Rivers are drawn by wiggly lines tapering upstream. A few are labelled, eg:-
R. Avon
R. Test
R. Itching
The main coastal rivers are all drawn. Some of the inland rivers - Wey, Blackwater and Enborne - are drawn but others - Rother, Loddon etc, are missing.
Bridges are implied by a road crossing and interrupting a stream. None are labelled (?).

relief    
No relief is shown.

woods    
No woodland is indicated. And, unusually, the New Forest is not even labelled.

parks    
A few parks are drawn by an outline with fence palings, the interior dotted, and perhaps having a block for a house. Some are labelled, eg:-
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Hackwood Park
Basing Pa. [near Filmer Hill]

county    
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The county boundary is a dotted line, which is also used to separate adjacent counties. The adjacent counties are labelled, eg:-
WILTSHIRE
Very little is drawn outside the county.
The detached part of Hampshire in Sussex is drawn, labelled:-
Part of Hants.
This detached area existed when the map was drawn, 1830, but was absorbed into Sussex by the time the copy was published. The copy has been updated for other features (railways) but not this.

settlements    
distances from London    

Settlements are marked by a few blocks, differentiated by style of labelling.
city     a few blocks; labelled in upright block caps:-
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WINCHESTER / 62

town     a few blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
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Odiham / 41
Andover / 63
The figure by the town is the distance from London.

village    
hamlet    
a bock or two; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
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Exton
Upper Wallop


roads    
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Roads are drawn by a double line, light bold. Only the main road network is shown, and the bold line might indicate turnpikes as it does on other maps.
Some road destinations outside the county are given, eg:-
To Stains and London
From Amesbury

canals    
Two canals are shown, by a bold curvy line.
Basingstoke Canal     from Basingstoke to the county boundary near Aldershot, labelled:-
Basingstoke Canal
The tunnel at Greywell is dotted. The branch to Turgis is shown, tho' it was never cut.

Andover Canal     from Andover to Redbridge, labelled:-
Andover Can.


railways    
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There were no railways when the map was drawn about 1830. Railways are drawn by a bold line with cross ties. The engraving is done crudely, running over existing features and labelling. It is not all done in the same style, which hints that railways might have been added bit by bit. A few of the lines are labelled; lines going out of the county are labelled with their destination. The railways shown are (the list terms are the standard terms used in Old Hampshire Gazetteer, the date is the date of opening):-
London and Southampton Railway    
1840
labelled:-
London & Southampton Raily.

Bishopstoke to Gosport branch railway    
1842

Chichester to Portsmouth branch railway    
1847
labelled at the county boundary:-
To Chichester & Brighton

Eastleigh to Salisbury branch railway    
1847
labelled at the county boundary:-
From Salisbury

Southampton and Dorchester Railway    
1847
labelled at the county boundary:-
Fr. Dorchester

Berkshire and Hampshire Railway    
1848
labelled at the county boundary:-
To Reading

Fareham to Cosham branch railway    
1848

Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway    
1849
labelled at the county boundaries:-
Fr. Reading / To Reigate

Farnham to Alton branch railway    
1852

Bishopstoke and Salisbury Railway    
1857
labelled at the county boundary:-
From Salisbury

Lymington Railway    
1858

Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway    
1862
as far as Christchurch

Mid Hants, Alton Lines, Railway    
1865
?drawn as a proposed line?

Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway    
1866
labelled at the county boundary:-
From Salisbury

Southampton and Netley Railway    
1866
As far as 'Nelley' only.



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