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:
Older maps available in the Rare Books section include:
Hampshire | Southampton |
1611 John Speed | 1611 John Speed |
1645 Jan Blaeu | 1771 P. Mazell |
1759 Isaac Taylor | 1842 George Doswell |
1791 Thomas Milne | 1843 I.T. Lewis |
1829 Walter Greenwood | 1870 Philip Brannon |
1897 S.L. Buxey |
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.
Rare Books Cope cf 90.5 1611
Maps can also be found in other local collections:
Rare Books G 5740