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Map Notes
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Wyld 1839
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NOTES from WYLD'S LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY GUIDE,
1839
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FA1999.71 & B1992.177
FA1999.71.1 & B1992.177.1
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These notes are taken from The London and Southampton Railway
Guide, with railway map and diagrams, published by James Wyld,
Charing Cross East, London, 1839. The guide books studied are in
the Map Collection and Library Collection of Hampshire CC Museums
Service, items HMCMS:FA1999.71 and HMCMS:B1992.177
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map type: HantsMap & Wyld 1839
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The guide book size is: wxh = 9.5x15cm. The notes are made for
Hampshire interest; detail of some other areas might be
ignored.
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Cover
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The cover is printed gold on dark green with a picture of a
locomotive:-
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WYLD'S SOUTH WESTERN / LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY GUIDE /
PORTSMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT, & THE CHANNEL ISLANDS
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Title Page
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The title page of the guide book reads:-
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THE LONDON AND SOUTHAMPTON Railway Guide, CONTAINING A
TOPOGRAPHICAL, ANTIQUARIAN, AND GEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY
AND OF THE TOWNS AND VILLAGES WITHIN TEN MILES OF THE RAILWAY;
WITH A GUIDE TO THE ENVIRONS OF SOUTHAMPTON, THE ISLES OF WIGHT,
JERSEY, AND GUERNSEY, AND THE OPPOSITE COAST OF FRANCE.
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LONDON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES WYLD, GEOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN, CHARING
CROSS EAST, FOUR DOORS FROM TRAFALGAR SQUARE 1839.
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London and South Western Railway
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The London and Southampton Railway was authorised by Act of
Parliament, 25 July 1834, and opened in stages 1838-40. This
guide book was prepared and published while the railway was still
being built.
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The first section from a terminus at Nine Elms, Vauxhall,
London to Woking Common, Surrey, opened 19 May 1838, with a
public opening on the 21st May. From Woking to Shapley Heath,
near Winchfield, Hampshire opened 24 September 1838. Sections
from Winchfield to Basingstoke and Winchester to a terminus at
Southampton, Hampshire opened 10 June 1839. The line was
completed by the Basingstoke to Winchester section, Hampshire,
opened 11 May 1840. The line was extended to the terminus at
Waterloo, still familiar to travellers from Hampshire to London,
11 July 1848.
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Initial authorisation was from the act 4-5 William cap.88
1834, and further by act 7 William IV and 1 Victoria cap.71 1837.
The act 2-3 Victoria cap.28 1839 renamed the company the London
and South Western Railway, LSWR. By act 11-12 George V cap.55
1921 the railway was merged into the Southern Railway, SR; and
acquired by the British Transport Commission by act 10-11 George
VI cap.49 1947.
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A commentator in 1834 described as likely to carry only
parsons from Winchester and prawns from Southampton; so to some
it became the Parsons and Prawns Line.
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Detail notes about the route are given in a series of records
in Old Hampshire Gazetteer (HANTSLOC.mdf), or see:-
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To Cross the Channel
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The LSWR saw itself as a route to the docks for a ferry to
cross to France. Among various other maps in the guide book is a
map of the English Channel, showing the coast of Hampshire, the
Isle of Wight, Channel Islands, and coast of France, with
railways and ferry routes.
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map type Wyld 1839 -- menu of resources |
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LSWR railway map -- WLD1MAP.txt
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source item -- HMCMS:FA1999.71 & B1992.177 -- map |
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source item -- HMCMS:FA1999.71.1 & B1992.177.1 -- map |
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list of map notes |
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HantsMap Notes -- WYLD1.txt
MN: 12.12.2002
last edit: 14.12.2002
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