Hampshire-Portsmouth-1895 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19852

Map Date:

[1895]

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 2620 (13)

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport, Portsmouth, Landport, Southsea

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SZ635995

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

[Cover:] 'Holbrook's map of Portsmouth with index of streets and public buildings.', [map:] 'Holbrook's map of Portsmouth, Portsea, Landport, Southsea, and suburbs, Gosport, Forton, Alverstoke, and Brockhurst.'

Comments on map:

Map undated, but accompanying letterpress index is dated 1895. Map could derive from Bacon [Exeter 19851] rather than direct from Ordnance Survey, but, anyway, is drawn in a very modern-looking sans-serif style, with only a few larger names in conventional serifs. [The balance is perhaps further away from serifs than was the Ordnance Survey 1:63,360 7th Series.]

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Holbrook & Son, Limited, 154 & 155 Queen St, Portsmouth [pr, pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

65.0 x 52.2

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

Buildings, postal: Post Offices, Episcopal Churches, Mission Halls.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

piers, quays, naval dockyards, wharfs, misc: Landing stages, slips, Yacht Moorings; [dockyard in similar detail to Bacon [Exeter 19851], except that includes some dimensions, e.g. 'Rigging Basin Length 1250 feet'; HMS Victory and seven other ships, all pictorial].

Sanitary and utility information:

electricity works, gas works, pumping stations, sewage disposal

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively: 'Episcopal Churches' and mission halls indicated on the map: others only in the letterpress index.

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, customs, police: [Town Hall now built].

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, coastguard, castles/forts/batteries, magazines/arsenals, drill halls, misc.: [Usual plethora of batteries; magazines includes Priddy's Hard Ordnance Depot]; Whale Island HMS Excellent Gunnery School; Store, Magazine and Hospital Hulks [in plan].

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, hospitals, mental, workhouses, misc: Soldiers Inst.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing, sports grounds, recreation grounds: Includes Rugby Football Ground; [Swimming Club Stages (Ladies & Gentn.), Bathg Machines].

Known copies of map:

BL Maps 2620(13), BOL C17:70 Portsmouth (9), CUL Maps.C.63.89.2 [1895]; BLML Maps 2620(17) [1901]; BLML Maps 2620(24) [1914]

Industry:

chemicals

Railways:

routes, motive power depots, named, passenger stations

River and foreshore features:

foreshore

Leisure and entertainment:

public halls, theatres, etc, museums, libraries/newsrooms, misc: Concert Hall.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Clubs and societies:

yacht, boat, rowing

Commons:

shown

Monuments:

Monuments

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Miscellaneous transport-related:

Esplanade, Promenade.

Reference system:

squaring

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

H.M. Waiting Rooms.

Ferries:

floating bridge, steam

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Other land-uses & land-cover:

building ground: [Several 'Building Estate' on periphery].

Stated measuerments:

other: Some dockyard dimensions.

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