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Map Notes
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Weller 1870s
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NOTES from WELLER'S MAP of HAMPSHIRE, 1870s
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B1963.2.1
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These notes are taken from the map of Hampshire by Edward
Weller, published in the Geography of Hampshire, by J Walton,
Horfield, Bristol, published by William Collins, Sons and Co,
Bridewell Place, New Bridge Street, London, 1870s? The map
studied is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC Museum Service,
item HMCMS:B1963.2.1.
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map type: HantsMap & Weller 1870s
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The map size is: wxh, sheet = 16.5x21.5cm; wxh, map =
159x205mm. The map is quite small and shows little detail
topography.
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Map Features
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title
map maker
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Printed lower left:-
HAMPSHIRE
and bottom right:-
Edwd. Weller
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orientation
up is N
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The map has no indicator of orientation, it is printed with
North at the top of the sheet.
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scale line
scale
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Printed lower left is a scale of:-
English Miles
marked at 1,2 then at 2 mile intervals. The 8 miles = 24.7 mm
gives a scale 1 to 521245. The map scale is about:-
1 to 520000
8 miles to 1 inch
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table of symbols
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printed below the title lower left is a minimal table of
symbols:-
Railways ... [double line,
chequered]
Canals ... [single line,
light]
Roads ... [single line,
bold]
1 ... North Division
2 ... South Do.
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sea area
sea plain
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The sea area is plain; some sea areas are labelled, eg:-
The Solent
Stokes bay
Spithead
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coast line
headlands
harbours
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The coast line is unemphasised, except that it is tinted where
it is the county boundary.
A couple of headlands are noticed:-
Hengistbury Head
Gilkicker Pt.
The two large harbours are labelled:-
Portsmouth Harbour
Langston Harbour
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coastal defence
castles
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A few of the old coastal defence castles of Hampshire are
labelled:-
Hurst Castle
Southsea Castle
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rivers
ponds
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Rivers are drawn by wiggly line tapering upstream. Some are
labelled, eg:-
Lymington R.
Beaulieu or Exe R.
R. Test or Anton
R. Titchfield
R. Itchen
Nearly all the main river systems of Hampshire are shown, with
some tributaries. The head of the Itchen is missing.
A pond might be drawn in outline and labelled, eg:-
Fleet Pd.
The Alresford Pond is drawn but unlabelled, and might not be
recognised.
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relief
hill hachuring
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Some relief is indicated by hill hachuring, but this on this
small map few hills are shown, some labelled, eg:-
Portsdown Hill
Butser Hill
Siddown Hill
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forests
trees
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A few of the old forests are shown by groups of small trees
with dotting to indicate rough ground. The forests are
labelled:-
Alice Holt Forest
Woolmer Forest
Bere Forest [East Bere
Forest]
New Forest
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parks
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A couple of parks are drawn in outline, labelled:-
Hackwood Pk.
Emley Park
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beacons
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Beacons are only suggested by hill names, eg:-
Inkpen Beacon
Beacon Hill [Burghclere
Beacon]
Beacon Hill [Exton Beacon]
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county
electoral data
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The county boundary is a dotted line, tinted. Adjacent
counties are labelled, eg:-
WILTSHIRE
Some places, roads, and railways are shown outside Hampshire
for the sake of continuity.
Note that the electoral boundary between North Division and
South Division is the same sort of line; the two divisions
labelled '1' and '2'.
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settlements
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Settlements are shown by groups of blocks. Places are
differentiated by style of lettering.
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city
town
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group of blocks; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
WINCHESTER
ANDOVER
SOUTHAMPTON
PORTSMOUTH
(The last has sans serif lettering, unlike the other
labels.)
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town
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group of blocks; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Alton
Fareham
Stockbridge
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village
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a few blocks; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:-
Selborne
Crawley
The villages shown are not all the villages in the county; the
selection criteria are not obvious.
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roads
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Roads are drawn by a double line. The expected main roads and
some others are shown.
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canals
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Canals are drawn by a curvy line, labelled:-
Basingstoke Canal
Andover canal
Salisbury and Southampton
Can.
Arundel Canal [in Sussex, not across
Portsea Island]
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railways
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Railways are drawn by a chequered double line.
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miscellaneous
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army camps
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The army camps on Aldershot Common are marked by arrays of
blocks, dashes in lines, labelled:-
Camps
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monuments
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At least two monuments are noticed, marked by a dot,
labelled:-
Nelson Mont.
Rufus Stone
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map type Weller 1870s -- menu of resources |
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source item -- HMCMS:B1963.2.1 -- map |
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list of map notes |
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HantsMap Notes -- WELLER2.txt
MN: 5.8.2003
last edit: 9.8.2003
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