264 Maijs of Wiltshire. 



Wiltshire. Scale of miles 6 [=| inch.]. London: 

 Published by J. Wallis, Engraver, 77, Berwick 

 Street, Soho. ofin. x 5im. 



In WALLIS'S NEW POCKET EDITION OF THE ENGLISH COUNTIES, 

 OR, traveller's COMPANION . . . LONDON : PUBLISHED BY J. 

 WALLIS, ENGRAVER, BERWICK ST., SOHO, AND SOLD BY DAVIES & 

 ELDRIDGE, EXETER, [1810]. 12mo. 



A small coloured map, showing the towns, principal villages, parks, 

 rivers, coach and turnpike roads, the distances of the chief towns from 

 London, and, by asterisks, the number of members returned to Parliament. 



Top left-hand corner, a small star-indicator of the compass, the northern 

 point being elongated, and terminating with a spear-head. Bottom left- 

 hand corner, the scale. 



The border is formed by double lines, the inner ones being divided into 

 degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude. The upper line, at the 

 top, is slightly raised to accommodate a long panel, vertically shaded, 

 containing the title ; and the lower bottom line is carried down half-an- 

 inch below the inner one to give space for the explanation of the signs 

 used. Between the border-lines, at the bottom, " Long. W. of Greenwich." 



1811. 

 Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. Scale, 1 

 inch=l mile. 



Sheets 14, 15, and 34 show nearly the whole of Wiltshire ; they were 

 published in 1811, 1817, and 1828. 



There is no general title to this map. On sheet 15, the imprint : 

 " Published 1st. Aug.* 1811 by Lt. Col. Mudge, Tower," at the bottom, in 

 the left-hand corner. In the middle the scale ; and, in the right-hand 

 corner, " Engraved at the Drawing Koom in the Tower by Benj". Baker 

 and Assistants. — The writing by E. Bourne." Size of each sheet 30|in. 

 X 24|in. 



Though not a map of the county, in the true sense of the word, the 

 sheets joined up practically form one. This is the first map prepared 

 from a scientific survey. From 1773 down to this time the maps of the 

 county were based upon the survey by John Andrews and Andrew Dury ; 

 but, after the publication of the Ordnance Survey, there was very little, 

 if any, independent surveying. 



The Ordnance Survey is too well known to require any description, 

 beyond a passing remark that it is hill shaded and all the surface features 

 are given, with the height, in feet, above mean sea level at Liverpool. 



1812 



A reprint of the map of Wiltshire in the British 

 Atlas, 1810 



