Hampshire-Southampton-1828 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19142

Map Date:

1828

Repository reference:

TNA [PRO] T72/14

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Southampton

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU425115

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 4513

Map title:

'A plan of Southampton and environs, surveyed and drawn A.D. 1828, by S.H. Benham, Architect & Surveyor, London, and published by T. King, Bookseller &c, 22, High Street, Southampton.'

Scale:

1:7200

Map-maker:

S.H. Benham [sv], Bennett [eng], T. King, Bookseller, 22 High St, Southampton [pb].

Production mode:

engraved

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

34.5 x 41.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

generally

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Turnpikes:

shown

Mills:

watermills

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, misc: Gas Pillar [light at road junction?].

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

misc: Rl Military Asylum [= future Ordnance Survey building].

Recreation and sports venues:

bathing: [Bathing Machines: buildings attached to shore by 'stalks'].

Woodland:

scattered tree cover

Known copies of map:

TNA [PRO] T72/14 [with MS extension]; TNA [PRO] T72/14 [rough tracing]; TNA [PRO] T72/14 ['New Plan of Southampton'].

Industry:

rope walk

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, theatres, etc

Parkland:

botanic gardens: With 'Green House'.

Antiquities:

The Cross House [circle with cross], Gods House.

Landowners and occupiers:

misc: Isolated outlying houses only.

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Post and telegraphs:

post offices

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560