| Old Hampshire Mapped
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| Kitchin's Hampshire 1751
Notes by
Martin and Jean Norgate: 1998
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Contents
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| Introduction
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| The whole map
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| Map features
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| Thomas Kitchin
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| Other maps
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Introduction
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HAMPSHIRE
by T. Kitchin Geographr.
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These notes are made from a copy of Thomas Kitchin's map of
Hampshire published in The London Magazine, or Gentleman's
Monthly Intelligencer, 1651. It was part of a series published
1747-60. The item used is in the Map Collection of Hampshire CC
Museums Service item HMCMS:FA1988.5.
This study concentrates upon what can be seen from the map;
studies of the background of county mapping in England, and
map makers have been published elsewhere.
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Thomas Kitchin
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Thomas Kitchin was an engraver and publisher working at The
Star, opposite Ely Gate, Holborn, London, about 1738-76.
He mostly produced maps and charts and was appointed
Hydrographer to the King, George III, but also published book
plates, portaits, etc. Kitchin had been an apprentice of Emanuel
Bowen 1732-39 and later married his master's daughter, Sarah.
Thomas Kitchin worked with Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Jefferys.
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References
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Chubb, Thomas: 1966 (reprint); 1927: Printed Maps in the Atlases
of Great Britain and Ireland ... 1579-1870: Dawsons of Pall
Mall (reprint)
Hodgkiss, A G: 1981 (4th edn): Discovering Antique maps:
Shire Publications (Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire)::
ISBN 0 85263 581 8; an inexpensive and approachable introduction to
old maps
Penfold, Alastair J: 1994: Introduction to the Printed Maps
of Hampshire: Hampshire CC Museums Service
Skelton, R A: 1970: County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1850:
Carta Press (London)
Worms, Laurence: 1993 (spring): Thomas Kitchin's 'Journey of Life'
(part 1): Map Collector: no.62: pp.2-8
Worms, Laurence: 1993 (summer): Thomas Kitchin's 'Journey of Life'
(part 2): Map Collector: no.63: pp.14-20
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