Hampshire-Southampton-1843 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

19860

Map Date:

1.9.1843

Repository reference:

BLML Maps 4.aa.6

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:

'Map of the Town and County of the Town of Southampton from actual survey, made in the years 1842 & 1843 in which the boundaries of the borough, the municipal, parochial, and all other boundaries are clearly defined and the docks, railway and terminus, banks, hotels, public buildings and establishments conspicuously distinguished shewing also the soundings of the harbour and the River Itchen together with sections of the Artesian Well, the railway to Winchester, and the geology of the Hampshire Basin.'

Comments on map:

Bottom left are notes about soundings and tide differences, extracts from Court Leet books regarding commons, and table of population and rateable values of the parishes. Map was 'executed in lithography'.

Scale:

1:3168

Map-maker:

I.T. Lewis, 19 High St, Southampton [sv, lith, pr].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

110 x 190

Number of parts:

1

Legends:

boundaries

Colouring:

roads, water, boundaries, other: Multi-coloured strata in the artesian well and geological sections.

Road names:

generally

Building names:

outside built-up area only: Not very many.

Buildings:

noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised: Buildings much less generalised in central built-up area than hitherto.

Turnpikes:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, piers, wharfs, misc: Timber Ponds, Hard, Platform, shipping company offices.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, reservoirs, misc: Artesian Well.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs

Defence and military:

town gates, misc.: Dot-dash line for 'Ancient walls of the town'.

Welfare and charitable:

infirmaries, workhouses, misc: 'The Asylum' still, rather than Ordnance Survey office.

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish

Known copies of map:

BLML Maps 4.aa.6, Southampton RO [1842-3]; Hampshire RO 261M86/15 [1845, ed 2]; Hampshire RO 38M48/178 [?1843].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, ship yards, rope walk

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: Coke Ovens.

Gardens:

market gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls

Service and professional:

banks

Waterbodies:

shown

Vignettes, illustrations, etc:

On left side: 'Section of the strata discovered by the perforation for the artesian well Southampton Common' [sic], coloured, with diameters of the various sections of the well indicated, narrowing from 16 feet to 5.6 to 'Boring still proceeding'; on right side: 'Section of the South-Western Railway from Southampton to Winchester', uncoloured, showing gradients, and 'Geological section of the Hampshire Basin from Winchester to Southampton through the Isle of Wight to St Catherine's Down and the Undercliff to the Sea', coloured.

Commons:

shown

Borders:

decorative

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

[rural] Ruin.

Ferries:

floating bridge

Agricultural and animal-keeping:

pounds/pinfolds

Cemeteries:

shown: Including an 'Intended' one.

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestones.

Dedicee of map:

Most Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation.

Stated measuerments:

soundings, other: Soundings in feet; acreage and depth of docks.

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560