Hampshire-Southampton-1846 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18198

Map Date:

1846

Repository reference:

Southampton City Archives

Historic county:

Hampshire

Town name:

Southampton

Map type:

Sanitary

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

SU425115

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

SU 4513

Map title:

'Plan of the Borough of Southampton surveyed in 1845-6 by Serjeant W. Campbell and a Detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners under the Command of Captain W. Yolland R.E. Drawn by C. Holland Cpl. G. Vincent, Do. R.S.M. A. McLachlan, P.J. Hogin Civil Assts. Scale, Sixty Inches to One Statute Mile = 1/1056.'

Comments on map:

Title on Sheet 1, below Southampton city arms.

Scale:

1:1056

Map-maker:

Ordnance Survey [sv, dr].

Production mode:

manuscript

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

96 x 65 [x 33] [Sheet 2 is 35.875 x 23.875 inches].

Number of parts:

33

Legends:

general legend: 'Explanation of Symbols and Abbreviations used on this Plan.':- Borough or County Boundary ----; Parish Boundary [finer ditto]; Tithing Boundary .....; Borough and Parish Boundary [long and short dashes], Contour Lines or Lines of Equal Altitude (dot-dash blue), Public Buildings (dark carmine, infilled lighter ditto, shaded grey), Ordinary Stone or Brick Houses (ditto, unshaded), Wooden Houses or Sheds (grey, shaded grey), Stone or Brick Walls (dark and light carmine, shaded grey), Archways or Public Passages through Buildings ( X ), Paling (plank-like), Flag Pavement ('paving stones' effect, grey-yellow), Wood Pavement (fine cross-hatched black), Boarded Road Ways ('planks' effect), Macadamized or Gravelled Road (sienna), Lamp Post .LP, Fire Plug .FP, Water Pipes (so marked on lid of Pipe or Cock), .C and Cock, Gas Pipes [ditto], .GL, Grate of Sewer [grate+]G.' Antitiquites and Ancient Names in gothic.

Colouring:

'standard' colour scheme, land-use: Lime-green wash for all agricultural land.

Road names:

generally: Including terraces.

Building names:

generally, house numbers

Buildings:

masonry distinguished, bay windows, stables/coach houses, steps to buildings: Interior walls are shown but rooms are not described in public buildings.

Turnpikes:

shown

Canals:

other: Track of old canal (with marshy infill).

Water transport infrastructure:

docks, lighthouses, navigation aids, piers, boat houses, wharfs, misc: Timber Ponds, Bonded Warehouse, Export Warehouse, Dock (In Progress), capstans, etc.

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works, pumping stations, reservoirs, misc: Well o, Artesian Well, Pipe o, Culverts, Filtering Pond.

Places of Worship:

shown comprehensively

Public buildings:

customs, central government, misc: Audit House, Ordnance Map Office.

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

castles/forts/batteries, town gates, town walls

Welfare and charitable:

almshouses, infirmaries, orphanages

Education and academic:

schools

Markets and exchanges:

markets

Recreation and sports venues:

race courses, sports grounds

Woodland:

shown

Public/administrative boundaries:

Parish, Ward, tithing, boundary markers, boundary mereings: [Very few mereings].

Known copies of map:

Southampton City Archives [MS original]; Southampton City Archives, Southampton Library [photos]; BLML Maps 2605(9), CUL Maps.aa.19.G.71-73, Hampshire RO Photocopy 315, RGS Eng & Wales S.343 [1970: colour copy at 1:1250 of the three central sheets].

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, rope walk, timber, misc: Coke Ovens, Bone and Linseed Crushing Mill, Veterinary Forge.

Railways:

routes, goods depots, motive power depots, named, turntables, rails, passenger stations, industrial tramways/waggonways, misc: Electric Telegraph, mileposts, Dorchester Railway (Unfinished), tunnel, footbridge, Booking Office, Carriage Shed, Crane, Luggage Guage [sic]; pictorial level-crossing gates.

River and foreshore features:

foreshore, misc: Water Course of Furzewell.

Gardens:

shown, market gardens

Leisure and entertainment:

baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc

Parkland:

private parks and ornamental ground

Service and professional:

newspaper offices

Antiquities:

Numerous: include churches, monastic establishments, walls, gates, and Site of Admiralty Gallows.

Waterbodies:

shown

Commons:

shown

Extractive activity:

quarries/pits

Monuments:

Monuments: [Chamberlayne's Monument].

Miscellaneous transport-related:

New Road (Unfinished).

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Several S.D.C. [rectangle, shaded].

Arms and heraldry:

municipal

Ferries:

ferry

Cemeteries:

shown

Residual industrial land-use and waste:

relict industry: Itchen Old Foundry.

Geodetic notes:

As appendage to title: 'The Sheet or Margin Lines are parallel and perpendicular to the Meridian of the Trigl. Station on the West Wing of the Ordnance Map Office. The Size of each Sheet is 3168 x 2112 feet.' North pointer is to right of title, with below: 'Latitude of the Sector Station at the Ordnance Map Office 50o54'47'' N. Longitude of Do. Do. 1.24.5 W.'

Miscellaneous street furniture:

Milestone.

Garden and park buildings:

sundials, misc: Fountain.

Other land-uses & land-cover:

marsh/wetland

Stated measuerments:

bench marks, contours, spot heights, other: Bench marks to 1 ft, spot heights to 0.1 ft, 5 foot interval contours. 'The Altitude of the Bolt inserted in the Building over the Datum Plane BOLT 25. The Altitude of the Bench Mark cut on the Building above the Datum Plane B.M.15 [arrow].... NOTE. The levels of the Bench Marks, Contour Lines &c on this Plan are referred to an assumed Datum Plane about 2 feet below the Low Water and 16 feet below the High Water of Ordinary Spring Tides observed in April 1845 and about 6 feet below the Low Water and 12 feet below the High Water of Ordinary Spring Tides.'

Tenement boundaries group:

apparently fairly complete

Ordnance Survey's

1865-7

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1895-6

1:2500

1:10,560