Hampshire-Portsmouth-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18698

Map Date:

[1888]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport, Portsmouth

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ635995

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

'Plan of Portsmouth from the Ordnance Survey'.

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1888, fp.198.

Scale:

1:21,120

Map-maker:

Stanfords Geogl Estabt [author, pr], John Murray [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.6 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, naval dockyards: [Gunboat slipway; dockyard shown in considerable detail, of a sort suppressed by the Ordnance Survey at this time].

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries, misc.: Remains of Fort at Gosport.

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals

Education and academic:

schools

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.ccc.14, RGS [1888: A handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1888, f.p.198]; BL 2364.b.14, RGS [1898, Hants, f.p.16].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Commons:

shown

Reference system:

squaring

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Her Majesty's Waiting Rooms.

Ordnance Survey's

1856-62

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1872

1:500

1:10,560

1895

1:2500

1:10,560

1861

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1880-5

1:500

1896

1:2500

1:10,560