Antique Map of Hampshire by Robert Morden

Robert Morden (died 1703)
Hampshire, published c.1695

engraved map, hand coloured

Framed and glazed in our studio with conservation materials

Overall size including frame: 61.2 x 65.8 cm

Robert Morden worked from premises in Cornhill, London, from where he sold maps, globes, charts and mathematical instruments. He is best known for the series of engraved county maps which were published in William Camden’s Britannia in 1695 and became the standard maps for the following fifty years, helping to establish consistency in English place names. 

The maps show the many 'hundreds' which were ancient county sub-divisions and which fell out of use in the 19th century. The country seats and estates are clearly marked, such as Titchfield Abbey and Stansted Park.