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Hampshire-Portsmouth-1764

CBTM:
18575
Map Date:
? 1764
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] MPQ 1/19
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Gosport, Portsmouth, Landport, Southsea
Map type:
Military
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SZ635995
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 6203
Map title:
'A survey of Portsea Island shewing the towns and fortifications of Portsmouth, Gosport, the Dock, Block House Fort, Portsmouth and Langston Harbours with the new lines at Portsea-lake and Gosport.'
Comments on map:
Scale measured as 3.70 inches to 1 mile, 1:17,124. Dating of c.1764 is by Donald Hodson.
Scale:
1:16,896
Map-maker:
Jno. Chamberlain Delt. [dr].
Production mode:
manuscript
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
72.2 x 50.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
'standard' colour scheme, land-use, decorative: Direction pointer.
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Water transport infrastructure:
naval dockyards: With buildings in detail but no descriptions.
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries, town walls, misc.: Haslar Hospital unnamed and half-built.
Welfare and charitable:
pest houses
Woodland:
shown
Known copies of map:
Hodson's no.14(i). TNA [PRO] MPQ 1/19 (ex MPI 302).
Industry:
bricks/tiles, misc: Salterns.
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Commons:
shown
Stated measuerments:
soundings
Ordnance Survey's
1856-62
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:500
1:10,560
1895
1:2500
1:10,560
1858-63
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1861
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1880-5
1:500
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
1859-62
1:2500
1:10,560
1872
1:10,560
1896
1:2500
1:10,560
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