Cope Collection, Special Collections, Hartley Library: Maps

Small-scale maps of Hampshire date from the sixteenth century, with larger scale maps appearing in the eighteenth century and Ordnance Survey maps in the early nineteenth century.

Guides include:

• Norgate, M. Checklist of Hampshire Maps: Early Printed Maps of the County (2000) Cope quarto 90.5

• O'Donnell, J.A. Guide to the Location of Large-Scale Ordnance Survey Maps for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (1988) Cope 90.5

• Penfold, A. An Introduction to the Printed Maps of Hampshire (1991) Cope quarto 90.5

• Welch, Edwin Southampton Maps from Elizabethan Times (1964) Cope double folio SOU 06

Older maps available in the Rare Books section include:

Later county maps are shelved in the open access area at Cope 90.5 and Southampton maps at Cope SOU 90.5. There are two useful sets of reproductions of early Southampton maps at Cope double folio SOU 90.5.

Access to some collections is restricted to members of the University.

• Digimap Historic Map Collection - Requires an Institutional login and registration

• Historical Geography (British History Online) - O.S. ¼ inch 1860/1880 and 6 inch 1840

• Old Hampshire Mapped 

• Southampton Historic Maps (Southampton City Council)

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Maps can also be found in other local collections:

• Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

• Southampton Archives Service

• Southampton City Library

• Portsmouth Record Office

• Isle of Wight Record Office 

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