
Southampton Water in 1884 in a series of reproductions of Ordnance Survey’s famous ” Inch to the Mile” maps published in the Alan Godfrey Editions to provide a historical record of England & Wales in the second half of 19th & early 20th century. The map covers an area of Hampshire centred on Southampton, stretching from Mogshade Hill & Landford eastwards to Botley & Swanwick, & from Melchet Park & Romsey southwards to Beaulieu Heath & Hamble Spit. Other locations include Bartley, Bishopstoke, Bitterne, Bramshaw, Bursledon, Cadnam, Chilworth, Dibden, Durley, East Wellow, Eling, Hamble, Hound, Hythe, Lyndhurst, Millbrook, Minstead, Netley, North Baddesley, Otterbourne, Sarisbury, Sherfield English, South Stoneham, Totton & Woolston, plus Plaitford & West Wellow in Wiltshire. On the reverse is a more detailed map of Sarisbury. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the OS Inch to the Mile Maps: the maps provide an invaluable overview of a wider area, typically 18 x 12 miles (29 x 19 kms approx.), & offer historical mapping for small towns & villages not covered by the more detailed series for which the Godfrey Editions are better known. On the reverse all the maps have historical notes & most titles also include a more detailed, large scale map of a small town or a village in the area. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.