Hampshire-Southampton-1858
CBTM:
19862
Map Date:
? 1858
Repository reference:
Hampshire RO 11M59/E2/5024
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 new complete & correct map of Southampton and its suburban district by Philip Brannon. Distinctly pointing out every street, road, footpath & object of interest. To the pleasure visitor & man of business. ...'
Comments on map:
Much of the 'text' is in a reference, engraved very small. This copy was stamped by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on 1 Aug 1860, but the branch railway to Netley (1858) is omitted. As there are references e and e*, this is evidently not the first edition.
Scale:
1:14,400
Map-maker:
Philip Brannon [author].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
36.3 x 47.8
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
general legend: Including gates and stiles, proposed streets, antiquarian sites, public open spaces.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Turnpikes:
shown
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, piers, quays, misc: Shipping company offices, Platform, Hards: various details on docks, e.g. Engine Ho. At bottom of map is note of steam packet distances to various ports.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: American Consulate.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
castles/forts/batteries, town walls
Welfare and charitable:
almshouses, sailors, workhouses
Education and academic:
schools
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
Hampshire RO 11M59/E2/5024 [1858.c]; Southampton RO Box 2 [1860.c]; BLML Maps 30.c.9, BOL C17:70 Southampton a.2, CUL Atlas.3.90.6, TNA [PRO] Library [1862?/1907: in W.H. Rogers (ed): Maps & plans of old Southampton, 1907]; BLML Maps 31.c.61, BOL C17:70 Southampton a.1 [maps], G8/C17.52 [text], CUL Maps.aa.63.96.1 [maps], S696.c.96.73 [introduction], Hampshire RO B1876 Shelf 10, RGS 1.A.185, Southampton RO [1964: in Edwin Welch, Southampton maps from Elizabethan times, an introduction to 24 facsimiles, 1550-1945, Southampton Record Series, IX, City of Southampton Library, 1964].
Industry:
ship yards
Railways:
routes, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
shown, market gardens
Leisure and entertainment:
riding schools, theatres, etc, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground, misc: Proposed Arboretum.
Service and professional:
banks, newspaper offices
Antiquities:
A considerable number are indicated, including Site of Great Roman Road, Clausentum, Ancient Conduit, and Site of Admiralty Gallows.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat
Commons:
shown
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Foot/bridle ways:
shown: Including stiles and 'private' roads: see legend.
Cemeteries:
shown
Stated measuerments:
other: Dock acreages.
Ordnance Survey's
1865-7
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1895-6
1:2500
1:10,560
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