Friday, 31 December 2010

Yateley Heath and Hawley Common

Yateley

1973
1:20,000
25'
Black, Blue, Yellow and Brown
SU8358 - Hampshire SCOA, England
Survey by Reading OC
Drawn John Shelton
Modern maps: Hawley  Yateley Heath




Yateley Heath and Hawley Common are regulars on the fixture list and have hosted major events up to JK level. This is an early edition and no doubt there were a few maps before this one.  A full five colour job at the then common scale of 1:20,000, it covers a vast area of heathland and forest. For some reason the mapper went for a portrait format, as a result the magnetic north lines are horizontal. Despite the strange orientation, and the symbols being inconsistently oriented, this is a very fine piece of pen and ink work.


Public Footpath near Hawley Hill




Yateley Heath Wood