Hampshire-Portsmouth-1900 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19005

Map Date:

[1900]

Repository reference:

RGS Library

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Gosport, Portsmouth, Landport, Southsea

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU635995

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 6203

Map title:

'Portsmouth.'

Comments on map:

In A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed., Black's Guide to Hampshire, 14th edn, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1900, f.p.140. Scale measured as 2.25 ins to 1 mile, 1:28,160.

Scale:

1:28,160

Map-maker:

J. Bartholomew, Edinr [author, pr], A. & C. Black, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

21.2 x 16.2

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Water transport infrastructure:

naval dockyards: [Dock yard shown in some detail, with the various basins named].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries: [Forts, batteries].

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, workhouses

Recreation and sports venues:

recreation grounds

Known copies of map:

BL 10347.bbb.33, RGS library [1900: in A.R. Hope Moncrieff, ed., Black's Guide to Hampshire, 14th edn, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1900, f.p.140].

Industry:

ship yards

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Parkland:

public parks

Cemeteries:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1861

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1880-5

1:500

1896

1:2500

1:10,560