Hampshire-Winchester-1888 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

18699

Map Date:

[1888]

Repository reference:

RGS

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:

'Plan of the City of Winchester From the Ordnance Survey'.

Comments on map:

In A handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1888, fp.240. Scale described as variously 1:10650, 6 inches to 1 mile, 880 ft to 1 inch.

Scale:

1:10,560

Map-maker:

Stanfords Geogl Estabt [author, pr], John Murray [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

20.7 x 15.7

Number of parts:

1

Colouring:

water

Road names:

generally

Building names:

clergy residences, important buildings only

Buildings:

noticeably generalised

Sanitary and utility information:

gas works

Places of Worship:

Anglican/established only

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative, police

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, workhouses, misc: Female Refuge.

Education and academic:

schools, further educational/colleges

Public/administrative boundaries:

borough: [Municipal & parliamentary].

Known copies of map:

BL 10028.ccc.14, RGS [1888: A handbook for travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, 4th edition, London: John Murray, 1888, fp.240]; BL 2364.b.14, RGS [1898, Hants, f.p.96].

Industry:

food/drink

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations

Antiquities:

Monastic remains, site of fish ponds.

Reference system:

squaring

Miscellaneous buildings and structures:

Chief Constables Residence.

Cemeteries:

shown

Street tramways:

routes shown

Ordnance Survey's

1868-70

1:500

1:2500

1:10,560

1894-5

1:2500

1:10,560