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Hampshire-Southampton-1890

CBTM:
21131
Map Date:
? 1890
Repository reference:
TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/306
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:
'Buxey's new map of Southampton from the Ordnance and special surveys drawn and engraved by G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd., Strand, London.'
Comments on map:
Undated: an advertisement on the back includes one for date-stamps with 1887 in the specimen, and the typography of the advertisements is what one would expect around 1890. The mapping was certainly in use for Kelly's directory in 1888.
Scale:
1:8448
Map-maker:
G.W. Bacon & Co. Ltd, Strand, London [dr, eng], S.L. Buxey, General Printer, Bookseller, Bookbinder, and Newsagent, Holy Rood Printing Works, 21 Bridge St, Southampton [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
74.0 x 77.5
Number of parts:
1
Legends:
boundaries, transport: Railways, tramways.
Colouring:
water, other: Ward boundaries, tinted municipal area (pink), open spaces (green): hand-coloured.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised, public buildings emphasised
Water transport infrastructure:
docks, navigation aids, piers, wharfs: In detail: Bookstall on Royal Pier; shipping company offices.
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, reservoirs, sewage disposal: [Including Sewerage Precipitation Reservoirs].
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, customs, internal revenue, misc: Ordnance Survey Office.
Penal:
misc: Site of the Gallows.
Defence and military:
drill halls
Welfare and charitable:
dispensaries, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Home for Aged Women, Y.M.C.A.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
markets
Recreation and sports venues:
sports grounds, misc: Tennis Grounds, Running Track. [Entrance and Pavilion at County Cricket Ground; another has Scoring Box].
Woodland:
shown
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish, Ward: [Municipal and parliamentary borough boundaries].
Known copies of map:
As loose map: Southampton RO Map Rack [c.1883-4: pb Buxey]; TNA [PRO] RAIL 1033/306 [1890.c: Buxey's new map of Southampton]; Southampton RO Box 2 [1890.c: omits Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway]; Southampton RO D/Z 381 [original], Box 1 [photocopy] [1891: 1:12,672]. In Kelly [pb], Directory of Southampton & neighbourhood (1:7920) [1886-8, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1897...] [1887 has county map: 1:8448 map in 1888-9: BL PP.2505.ye/63+DIR.57 [1887+]; Southampton Library [1892: photo of map]. In atlas: BLML Maps 11.c.30 [1883: 31.3 x 49.2, in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; RGS 7.E.17 [1884: 1:8000, 41 x 31, Pl 86 in New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles]; BLML Maps 37.e.31, National Archives of Scotland [West Register House, open access] [1885: 31.3 x 49.2, Pl 86 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BOL C15 c.1 [1885: sheet 88]; BLML Maps 19.c.2, BOL C15 c.3 [1889: 20.2 x 30.5, 1:12,672, pl 92 in George W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, n.d.]; BLML Maps 33.c.2 [1891: 20.2 x 30.5, 1:12,672, in G.W. Bacon (ed), New large scale atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1891]; BLML Maps 33.b.32 [1895: 31.3 x 49.2, in G.W. Bacon (ed), Commercial and library atlas of the British Isles from the Ordnance Survey, London: Bacon, 1895].
Industry:
bricks/tiles, engineering, food/drink, lime/cement, ship yards, timber, abbatoirs, misc: Laundries; [several Cement Works].
Railways:
routes, earthworks, motive power depots, named, passenger stations
River and foreshore features:
foreshore
Gardens:
horticultural gardens, nurseries: [Horticultural Society's Grounds].
Leisure and entertainment:
baths/spa, public halls, theatres, etc, libraries/newsrooms, ice-skating
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Ancient Town Wall, Bar Gate.
Waterbodies:
shown
Clubs and societies:
yacht, boat, Freemasons, Oddfellows, misc: Hartley Instn.
Commons:
shown
Monuments:
Monuments
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Reference system:
squaring: 0.5-mile.
Ferries:
ferry
Towers:
clock tower
Cemeteries:
shown
Street tramways:
routes shown, termini
Inns, hospitality & refreshment:
hotels or principal inns only
Miscellaneous religious group:
Convent.
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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