Antique Map of North Hampshire in Five Mile Squares, Edward Weller, 1885

An original antique map of northern Hampshire, printed by lithography with original hand coloring, from the 1885 edition of The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles. The cartouche at the lower left reads "HAMPSHIRE" and "(NORTH DIVISION)", followed by "REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY" and "BY EDWD WELLER F.R.G.S.", lettered here without the comma.

The division is washed in green and runs from Kingsclere and Whitchurch in the north through Andover, Winchester, Basingstoke, Odiham and Alton to Petersfield and Bishops Waltham in the south. Southampton appears at the bottom edge of the green, Romsey and Stockbridge to the west, and Aldershot and Farnham at the Surrey border. Beyond the county Wiltshire with Salisbury and Amesbury fills the left side of the sheet, Berkshire runs along the top, and Surrey and Sussex the right, with Guildford, Godalming, Midhurst and Petworth.

The parliamentary boroughs of Andover, Winchester and Petersfield are washed in rose. The key below the title gives railways and stations and borough boundaries, followed by the atlas note on station names: "The official names of Railway Stations are all engraved in a special character, thus, Clayton; except where indicated by the name of the town being in bold letters and identical with the name of the Station." The sheet is divided into five mile squares with letters and figures in the border. The sheet number 17 is printed at the upper right.

The sheet comes from The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, the atlas of county and town maps reduced from the Ordnance Survey by Edward Weller, F.R.G.S., and published in London by G. W. Bacon and Co. The date 1885 comes from the volume the sheets were taken from; the year is not printed on the sheet, and Bacon's name does not appear on it. Edward Weller (1819 to 1884) was a London map engraver and draftsman and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Vertical fold down the center from binding. Light uneven toning, browner towards the edges. Handling soiling along the bottom, left and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin.

This is an original antique map, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.