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Hampshire-Winchester-1888

CBTM:
19868
Map Date:
? 1888
Repository reference:
BLML Maps 2620 (11)
Historic county:
Hampshire
Town name:
Winchester
Map type:
General Purpose
Extent of cover:
whole built-up area
National grid reference:
SU482292
Exeter coverage diagram reference:
SU 4730
Map title:
'Warren's plan of the city of Winchester and suburbs'.
Comments on map:
Neat, efficient-looking derivative from Ordnance Survey 1:2500. Undated: BM blue RD seems to be 12 AUG 888. Scale given in chains.
Scale:
1:5280
Map-maker:
Warren, The Library, 85 High St, Winchester [pb].
Production mode:
lithographed
Dimensions [in centimetres]:
60.3 x 84.2
Number of parts:
1
Colouring:
roads, water, land-use: Public open spaces green.
Road names:
generally
Building names:
partly, outside built-up area only
Buildings:
noticeably generalised
Turnpikes:
shown
Mills:
watermills
Canals:
shown
Sanitary and utility information:
gas works, water works, misc: Sewage Irrigation Ground.
Places of Worship:
shown comprehensively
Public buildings:
town hall/administrative, misc: Probate Office.
Penal:
jails/reformatories
Defence and military:
barracks, castles/forts/batteries: With Officers Quarters, Married soldiers Quarters; castle as Castle Ditch.
Welfare and charitable:
hospitals, workhouses, misc: Workmens Hall.
Education and academic:
schools, further educational/colleges
Markets and exchanges:
exchanges
Recreation and sports venues:
bathing, sports grounds, misc: Fishing Pavilion; also 'To the GOLF Ground' [arrow].
Woodland:
scattered tree cover
Public/administrative boundaries:
borough, Parish
Known copies of map:
Hampshire RO W/B3/4 [1888]; BLML maps 2620(11), Hampshire RO W/C1/S/578 [1890]; Hampshire RO W/C1/S/59/3 [?1893]; Hampshire RO M.46 [c.1896]; CUL Maps.c.18.G.140, Hampshire RO 137M90/55 [1898]; Hampshire RO 117M88W/134a, 134b, 26M70/P2, Portsmouth Library [?].
Industry:
timber
Railways:
routes, named, rails, passenger stations: Apparently double track on most of Didcot Newbury & Southampton Railway, which ends south of station, and seems planimetrically slightly suspect in the north of map.
Gardens:
nurseries
Parkland:
public parks, private parks and ornamental ground
Antiquities:
Quite numerous: in sans-serif, but reflecting Ordnance Survey derivation.
Waterbodies:
shown
Extractive activity:
quarries/pits
Post and telegraphs:
post offices
Cemeteries:
shown
Miscellaneous street furniture:
Milestones.
Ordnance Survey's
1868-70
1:500
1:2500
1:10,560
1894-5
1:2500
1:10,560
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