APPENDIX 2.12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight

Title Page from Princeton University copy at Hathi Trust

Directory of HAMPSHIRE with Isle of Wight 1859

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF HAMPSHIRE, and THE ISLE OF WIGHT, COMPRISING, GENERAL Historical SURVEYS OF THE COUNTY AND ISLAND, AND THE DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER; AND SEPARATE Historical, Statistical, & Topographical DESCRIPTIONS OF THE TOWN AND COUNTY OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON, THE CITY OF WINCHESTER; AND POPULOUS PORT; BOROUGH, & SUBURBS of PORTSMOUTH, AND OF ALL THE Towns, Boroughs, Ports, Bathing Places, UNIONS, PARISHES, TITHINGS, VILLAGES, HAMLETS, SEATS &c: IN THIS INTERESTING COUNTY AND ITS BEAUTIFUL ISLE; SHEWING Their Extent and Population; Their Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, Markets, Fairs, Fisheries, and Agricultural and Mineral Productions; their Churches, Chapels, Charities, and Public Institutions; their Eminent Men; the Patrons, Incumbents, and  Value of the Benefices; the Tithe Commutations; the Lords of the Manors and Principal  Owners of the Soil; the Civil and Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions; the Addresses of the principal Inhabitants; the Post Office Regulations; the Seats of the Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS;  and a Variety of other USEFUL  INFORMATION.

In One Volume, with a LARGE NEW Map of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT

BY WILLIAM WHITE PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY ROBT LEADER, SHEFFIELD, And Sold by WM WHITE, BroomHaLL Park, Sheffield; by his Agents, and SIMPKIN, MARSHALL AND Co., LONDON.

Price to Subscribers, 14s in Calf Binding, or 12s 6d.  in Boards. 1859. Pages: 2 + Preface + 664.

 The Map

As yet, no copy of a map of Hampshire corresponding to a publication date of 1859 has been identified which could have been published to accompany White´s directory. However, the map which accompanied the Second Edition of 1878 is unique and could well have been commissioned by White for inclusion in the First Edition and is assumed to be much as below but lacking some improvements. As Franks died in 1859, it was probably not engraved by him but has elements of his style.

 Location of Copies

UoL SC is the Leicester University Special Collections (possibly from their own copy).

The following institutes have a copy of the map: No map located.

The following institutes have a copy of the work: British Library, Cambridge University, Institute of Historical Research Library, Lambeth Palace Library, Leicester University, The National Archives Library, National Library of Scotland, Natural History Museum Library, Oxford University, Senate House Library University of London, Southampton University (3 copies), Trinity College Dublin, Society of Genealogists, Victoria and Albert Museum libraries.

 

 View of Osborne House on I-o-W

Directory of HAMPSHIRE with Isle of Wight 1878

Extended title: HISTORY, GAZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY OF THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE, INCLUDING THE ISLE OF WIGHT, AND COMPRISING, A General Survey of the County, AND SEPARATE HISTORICAL, STATISTICAL, & TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE HUNDREDS, PARISHES, TOWNSHIPS, CHAPELRIES, TOWNS, PORTS, VILLAGES, HAMLETS & UNIONS: THE DIOCESE OF WINCHESTER; the Seats of THE Nobility and Gentry; MAGISTRATES AND PUBLIC OFFICERS;  and a GREAT Variety of other ARCHAEOLOGICAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AGRICULTURAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, BOTANICAL, AND GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION. SECOND EDITION

BY WILLIAM WHITE Price - Cloth, 30s.; Half-Bound, 35s.

SHEFFIELD: WILLIAM WHITE, 18 & 20, BANK STREET; LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & Co. 1878. Pages: xi + 866 + 41.

 The Map

Although not mentioned on the title page, the map which has been found in the 1878 directory is very ornate and unusual. The attractive title with the publisher´s imprint (top left) is written in a variety of different scripts. The sheet is surrounded by a floral border and four ancient seals of cities are shown in the four corners. The map includes Coats of Arms top centrally, and two attractive vignette views: of Winchester Cathedral (bottom left); and Osborne House (bottom right). Unfortunately, there is no artist or engraver´s signature.

 Title: White´s New Map of Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. Carefully Reduced

from the Ordnance Survey and Improvements. For the History, Gazetteer and Directory Published by William White, 18 & 20 Bank Street, Sheffield 1878. Size: 58.5 x 45 cm.

 

Location of Copies

Princeton at HT is the copy at Princeton University[1] available at Hathi Trust.

The following institute(s) hold a copy of the map: National Library of Scotland. The map illustrated is in the author´s collection (currently under restoration).

The following institutes have a copy of the work: British Library, Aberdeen University, Natural History Museum, Oxford University, Society of Genealogists, Institute of Historical Research Library, Leicester University, Southampton University.

Title panel dated 1878

 

 

 Hampshire 1878 - image copyright Kit Batten. 

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[1] Several copies of directories post-1870 have had the map pasted inside the front cover including the author´s copy of Hampshire. The Princeton copy also has the top right corner of the map but the rest of the map has since been torn away and lost. 

THE MAPS – Maps produced for William White´s county directories

Click the entry below to access relevant page.

1. Early Years - William White and Edward Baines
2. William White & Co.
3. Rivalry and Family Feud
4. Francis White & Co.
5. The County Maps of William White
6. William White Co. - Later Years

Appendix 1 - The County Directories of Edward Baines
1.1. Yorkshire
1.2. Lancashire
Appendix 2 - The County Directories of William White
2.1. Durham and Northumberland
2.2 - Cumberland & Westmorland
2.3 - Nottinghamshire
2.4 - Staffordshire
2.5 - Norfolk
2.6 - Yorkshire (later edition)
2.7 - Lincoln
2.8 - Suffolk
2.9 - Leicestershire with Rutland
2.10 - Essex
2.11 - Devonshire
2.12 - Hampshire with Isle of Wight