Aldridge (H) JOURNAL 1836-7. Five volumes, written in a large clear hand, approx. 500 pages in each volume, bound in half calf, slightly rubbed at edges, marbled boards, gilt title and gilt decoration in panels on four of the volumes, title 'Journal. H. Aldridge. 1836', 'Journal. H. Aldridge. 1837 (2 volumes), 'Letters & Geography. H. Aldridge. 1837', and 'H. Aldridge'. Comprises: (i) Journal Jan. 25th-May 13th 1836. Letters Jan. 25th - May 17th. Includes simple comparison between Southampton and Bath, life of lizards, etc. At the end are 9 finely drawn and fully coloured manuscript maps, with written comment on the facing page, showing different areas of Britain, based on the main rivers (Severn, Humber etc.); (ii) Letters and Geography. 14 manuscript maps, coloured in outline, of parts of America, India, Europe etc., showing large river systems such as the Danube. Letters July 25th - Octo. 31st. 1836. Includes 'a curious ash tree near Corfe Mullen. (iii) Journal July 25th-No. 30th. 1836. (iv) Journal Jan. 30th - May 31st 1837. Much on bird migration. Letters Feb. 1st - March 22nd. (v) Journal July 31st - Nov. 25th. Some damp spotting. Includes examination of a stag beetle, skulls of birds, various flowers, and 84p on cellular tissue of plants, with many small diagrams. 1836-7. £400.00
¶ The journal (which is not a journal in the sense of a diary, more of a daily lesson) and 'letters' (which all begin 'Dear Sir', and are dated from 'Southampton') are written in a simple, clear language and appear to have been written as an educational tool for his children, describing and explaining a variety of subjects, such as how a watch works, coal mines, weather, the polar regions, etc., but mainly natural history, with emphasis on encouraging close observation of the natural world, as a manifestation of the Almighty. There is also much on church history, the Bible, and religious meditations on 'text of the week'. There are also occasional reference to local events and local topography: 'We have lately seen a piece of one of the piles or large posts which support the Southampton Landing Pier most extensively and curiously perforated by a small insect...' (there follows several pages on wood-boring insects); on a storm in Christchurch 'There were several trees blown down, also barns, chimneys, summer houses - the Gloucester mail was stopped several times between Southampton and Romsey & was obliged to pass through Lord Palmerston's Deer Park to get to the town... there were upwards of a hundred trees blown down on His Lordship's Estate one of which fell on a cow and killed it'; 'Muscliffe the village in which I live is rather small... there is a very pretty chapel...'

Arlesford, Petersfield ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet No. 300. Scale 1" to 1 mile, size 13" x 19" plus wide margins. Linen-backed. Stamps Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 'Stock Sheet', in margin. Fully hand-coloured in hundreds. With some amendments in neat red ink, altering lettering of names of hundreds. Initialled in bottom corner. circa 1890. £18.00

Bacon's PLAN OF PORTSMOUTH From the Ordnance & Actual Surveys. Size approx 12«" x 18", single fold at centre. Scale 6" to 1 mile. c1885. £20.00

Basingstoke ADMINISTRATION of the will of Henry Peircie of Basingstoke, 1703. Small vellum sheet size 7" x 9", with will in which he leaves 12 pence apiece to his children and appoints his wife Elizabeth as executrix, attached is probate certificate of the Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Latin, in manuscript, signed Thos. Welham. Tag but no seal of traces of one.1 1703. £24.00

Basingstoke ADMINSTRATION of the will of Henry Piercy of Basingstoke. Copy of will (dated 1703) on vellum, size 7" x 8«", administration in Latin, size 7" x 6". Tag, lacking seal. 1707. £20.00
¶ Makes his wife Elizabeth administratrix, leaves twelve pounds each to his children.

Bishop's Waltham LEASE FOR A YEAR of house and orchard in Church Lane in Bishop's Waltham, John Friend, Wheelwright to Richard Gibson, gentleman. Vellum, 12" x 17", small wax seal with bird. 1720. £24.00

Bonchurch, Shanklin ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS Sheet XCIX N.E. and sheet to south. Scale 6" to 1 mile, size 24" x 18", plus margins, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into 8vo paper wraps. Main roads coloured. Surface rather dusty. About half the map is sea area. Revised 1907. £17.00

Bramley, Pamber and Monk Sherborne CATALOGUE OF UPWARDS OF 44 ACRES OF USEFUL UNDERWOOD, and upwards of 400 Small Oak, Elm, & Ash Trees & Saplings... To be Sold by Auction... At the Queens College Arms, Pamber End, on Friday, the 18th of November, 1853.... Poster, size 17" x 13«", slightly off-set. H. Cooke & Co., Printers, Oxford, 1853. £18.00
¶ Includes an extensive list of the items in the sale.

Chapman and Hall (Pub.) HAMPSHIRE, OR SOUTHAMPTON Engraved map, coloured in outline, size 7«" x 10", linen-backed, folding into boards size 4«" x 4". With distance of towns from London. Small mark in border. c1850. £15.00

Conford, Linchborough Park ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets XLIV.7. Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Edition of 1910. £10.00

Crux Easton PARTICULARS, VIEWS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the distinctive residential property known as Crux Easton House, Crux Easton... an Eighteenth Century Residence... Well-Timbered Grounds of Restful Charm... 35 acres... For Sale by Public Auction... 9th July, 1928. 14pp., 4to, stiff wraps, 5 tipped-in photographs. 1928. £32.00
¶ Not far from the property was the site of the famous grotto constructed by the daughters of the Rector of Burghclere, celebrated in a poem by Pope, who frequently visited the house.

Depot de la Marine CARTE DES ENVIRONS DE PORTSMOUTH comprenant les Rades de Ste. Helene, Spithead, Stokes-Bay &c, Levee par le Capne. John Knight... Publiee par Ordre de son Excellence Le Vice-Amiral Decres... en l'An XII. Engraved chart, size 22" x 22", plus margins, hand-coloured. Large oval cartouche with title, scale of nautical miles, compass arrow at centre. Covers the town of Portsmouth and harbour, Fareham, Porchester Castle, Fort Cumberland, Brading Haven, Culver Cliff, East and West Cowes, Calshot Castle. Trace of fold 6" from top, four very light browning spots. Grave par E. Collin. £180.00
¶ Shows detail such as 'Carcasse du Royal George', 'Engine House', 'Telegraph', etc.

Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Gloucestershire, Cornwall etc. ILLUSTRATED NOTEBOOK RECORDING EPITAPHS from churches in various counties. Size 8" x 6«", marbled boards, half calf, rubbed, portion of calf on spine missing at base. Comprises: 20 pages (written on rectos only) recording the epitaph in a large clear hand, also giving name, place, date, five of the epitaphs having a decorative initial letter with small scene, etc., the others with a half or full page drawing of the church, and occasionally the tombstone including surrounding trees, etc. The drawings are in ink, some in a more bold and dark ink and others in a very fine line. All are very finely executed, with excellent minute architectural detail, and showing surrounding churchyard, trees etc.; 7 pages with fine ink drawing of a named church, taking up half the page, but no epitaph; 3 pages describing the church of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, with half a page drawing of a granite cross, another of the church in the dunes, and two drawings with grey wash in the text; several pages headed in pencil with village name, presumably where he or she intended to write future epitaphs. T. Edmonds Wycombe watermark. Drawings dated at various times 1832-7. £220.00
¶ Churches include 11 in Hampshire (for example East Cowes, Dibden, Whitchurch, Boldre, Titchfield), 4 in Gloucestershire, 1 in Staffordshire, 2 in Devon etc. The epitaphs are nearly all poetical ones, for example John Paine, Blacksmith, Cheltenham 'My sledge & hammer lies declin'd/My Bellow's pipe have lost its wind... My coal is spent my iron's gone/My nails are drove my work is done'.

Hanstead, Isle of Wight ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet LXXXIX. scale 6" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36", linen-backed and folding into chipped 8vo endpapers. Water features hand coloured. Linen torn at one fold along three sections, and at another fold along one section. An estate at Hanstead shaded pink. 1866. £14.00
¶ Shows Newtown, Hanstead, Newtown River, Causeway Lake, small part of mainland.

Isle of Wight THE EXCEPTIONALLY VALUABLE PROPERTY known as Seaview House, Seaview, A Fine old Stone Built House... choice building sites, two capital residences... for sale by auction... 16th July, 1924. 14pp., 4to, folding plan, 4 tipped-in photos, stiff wraps with photo, creased vertically due to having been folded, foxing throughout. 1924. £15.00

King's Somborne THE RESIDENTIAL, SPORTING AND AGRICULTURAL ESTATE known as Furze Down comprising a Modern Residence... Hoplands Farm, Forest of Bere Farm, Glebe Farm, 7 Cottages... in all 2,322 Acres... To be Offered for Sale by Auction... 30th November, 1937... 26pp., 13" x 9", stiff wraps with key plan on front wrap, large folding plan in pocket at rear, 4 photographic views on two plates. Wraps slightly dusty, number in ink on front wrap. 1937. £25.00

Kingsworthy CONVEYANCE of a piece of land 'now covered with Water', Colonel T.B. Hitcock to W. Barrow Simonds. 3p., on vellum, 4to, red margins. Small coloured plan showing watercourse, Didcot railway etc. 1892. £10.00

Longmead Park, Bishopstoke PARTICULARS, PLANS, VIEWS AND CONDITIONS of this Valuable Freehold Residential or Building Estate, With Mansion House, Lodge, Farmery.... For Sale by Private Treaty... Folio, 6pp., plus folding lithographed hand-coloured plan, and plate with two sepia photographic views of the house and lodge. Printed wraps with view of mansions, front wrap with repaired horizontal tear right across, repaired tears at fold in map, spine of wraps held with archival tape. c1904. £25.00
¶ Includes a page of articles from local papers on the immanent move of the railway works to Eastleigh.

HAMPSHIRE & ISLE OF WIGHT Manuscripts, Maps, Engravings, Ephemera, etc. For a further selection and to receive my latest catalogue please email :- lesley@localhistory.co.uk

Moll (H) HAMPSHIRE Engraved map. Size 8" x 12", (including figures down sides), plus margins. Reference to Hundreds. Spotting in bottom margin, slightly obtruding onto map at bottom edge, light waterstain at right margin, just affecting figure of Virgo. Two small tears in bottom margin. 1753. £24.00

Monk Sherborne Wood, Pamber End, & Bramley Frith, near Basingstoke A CATALOGUE OF ABOUT 80 ACRES OF FINE UNDERWOOD To be Sold by Auction by Messrs T. Mallam and Son, At the College Arms Inn, Pamber, on Wednesday, the 5th of November, 1856.... Poster, size 17 x 13«", slightly off-set. H. Cooke & Co., Printers, Oxford, 1856. £18.00
¶ Includes a list of the items in the sale.

Mottisfont, Winchester ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet 299. Scale 1" to 1 mile. Size 13" x 20". Red stamp 'Intermediate' in margin, two points arrowed in light pencil and numbered 1 and 2 - possibly some proposed corrections. Railways inserted to 1903. £22.00

Portsea OBLIGATION BOND of John Gray, of Portsea, Bricklayer, to Richard Goodman Temple of Portsea. Printed with manuscript inserts, 1p., folio, with blank conjoint leaf. Signed and witnessed, wax seal. Paper damped down right hand edge. 1750. £16.00

Portsmouth REPORT UPON THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL BOUNDARY and Division into Wards of the Borough of Portsmouth. Plan and 4pp, disbound. 2 fully-coloured plans on one page, one scale 1" to 1 mile, one 4" to 1 mile. Offsetting on page 1 of text. (1837) £20.00

Rotherwick and Newnham DEED OF COVENANT for production of Deeds, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Mornington to John Vines. 3 large vellum sheets, with details of 49 Indentures, 1810 - 1859. Signed Mornington with large wax seal. 1860. £15.00

Rowbotham (Claude) SOUTHAMPTON WATER Etching. Plate size 2«" x 3«", overall size 7" x 9", sea and sky coloured, showing dockside and cranes, boats, signed in pencil below image. Paper very slightly darkened overall... together with... WEST GATE, SOUTHAMPTON aquatint showing the gate at night with lamplight reflected in wet pavement. Size 3" x 2«", overall size 7" x 9", signed in pencil below image. Foxing spots on margins. 1930's or 40's. £20.00

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down have received instructions to sell by Auction Eight Cottages and a Workshop, at the Top of High Street, Ryde and the Corner of Swanmore Road, and Hill Street..... Size 30" x 20". One horizontal fold. 1894. £17.00

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down have received instructions to sell by Auction Villa Residence, known as "Sussex Lodge".... at the corner of Melville Street and Dover Street, Ryde.... Size 30" x 20" 1894. £17.00
¶ 'Within a few minutes' walk of the Sea, the Esplanade Gardens and the Pier...' Lists the rooms in the house, stables, etc.

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down have received instructions to sell by Auction.... the valuable long-leasehold property known as "Eastland Villa" in Castle Street, Ryde. Size 30" x 20". 1894. £16.00

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co. Will Sell by Auction Furniture and other effects.... a Parisian Phaeton... a Capital Dog Cart.... Size 30" x 20". 1898. £15.00

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co. Will Sell by Auction The Antique and Modern Furniture formerly the complete Equipment of "Beech Cottage. Ryde.... Size 30" x 20". Includes safety bicycle, oak furniture etc. 1895. £17.00

Ryde Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Co. Sale by Auction at the Town Hall Chambers... Furniture and other effects.... Three Handsome Inlaid Cabinets.... An Upright Grand Pianoforte by Hummel and a Cottage Piano by Moore... Size 35" x 22", a few very small edge tears... together with a similar poster for another furniture sale there a few months later, listing Pedestal Writing Table, Buhl and Ormulu cabinet, etc. Some wear to right edge at top. 2 items. 1914. £18.00

Ryde, Isle of Wight AUCTION POSTER. Messrs. Wallis, Riddett & Down. Have received instructions to Sell by Auction.... Four Dwelling-Houses known as Nos, 1, 2, 3 & 4, Trinity Terrace. Situated on the East side of Daniel Street, Ryde..... Size approx. 30" x 20". 1893. £14.00

South Warnborough Estate FREEHOLD THE IMPORTANT RESIDENTIAL AND SPORTING ESTATE KNOWN AS SOUTH WARNBOROUGH ESTATE of about 1,120 Acres.... consisting of The Historic Manor House, about 155 Acres New Farm, about 370 Acres.... Ford Farm.... Valuable Sites for Houses and Bungalows..... Chalk Pits... Good Shooting, Hunting.... Messrs Daniel Smith, Oakley and Garrard in conjunction with J. Alfred Eggar and Co. Will offer the above for Sale by Auction..... at the Town Hall, Farnham, Surrey, on Friday, the 24th day of June, 1921.... Poster, size 40" x 30", few short tears, a 9" split at one fold, and a couple of small holes. This copy appears to be an uncorrected proof copy as there are a few notes and alterations in ink. Martin, Hood & Larkin, 1921. £18.00

Southampton LEASE FOR A YEAR of a messuage and garden near Bordles Gate in the parish of St. Michael, John Harris to Thomas Ridding. Vellum, 15" x 22", three wax seals. Vellum rather yellowed. With further lease of 1807 on verso. 1790 and 1807. £18.00

Southampton LEASE of a piece of land with the buildings thereon in Three Field Lane, George King to Rolles Driver. Single vellum sheet, wax seal, coloured plan size 9" x 8" in text. 1859. £16.00

Southampton PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE of the Prominently Situated and Valuable Shop Premises known as 'Foy's Corner', 195-203 Shirley Road.... which Messrs. Nicholas are to offer by public auction.... 10th March, 1954. 7pp., sm. folio, actual photo on front wrap, key plan. 1954. £9.00

Stoke LEASE FOR THE YEAR of a close of land called the Parsonage Purrock in Stoke, William Peachy of Gosport to Revd. Francis Clifton. Vellum, size 13" x 18", wax seal. 1791. £20.00

Tichborne ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLII.13. Scale 25" = 1 mile, size 25" x 37". Water features hand-coloured. Corner with Sheet No. clipped away, slight darkening of paper down the left hand 6" of map, pinkish stain about 4" long and less than «" wide. Second Edition 1896. £14.00
¶ Shows River Test, Tichborne House, Gravel Pits, North End.

Tichborne, North End ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheet XLII.13. Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36" Some fields outlined in colour with notes as to cultivation, area of trees planted added in pencil. Edition of 1909. £10.00

Well Farm, Odiham A CATALOGUE OF THE WHOLE LIVE AND DEAD FARMING STOCK comprising 6 capital Cart Horses, 2 4-Year Old Colts... for sale by Auction... October 10th, 1898.... 4p, on card, sm. 8vo. Vertical fold. 1898. £10.00

Wherwell LEASE of cottage with garden orchard and meade adjoining in Ashwell, and arable lands in Fullerton, John Lord de la Warr to John Goddard of Fullerton. Vellum, size 14" x 21", signed by Goddard with paper-covered wax seal on tag. 1688. £32.00
¶ Stipulates certain conditions of the lease, such as planting thorn and crab apple in some areas.

Winchester and Basingstoke ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP 1" to 1 mile, Fifth Edition, Sheet No. 123. Blue and black Ellis Martin Cover with hiker, cloth-backed. 1933. £9.50

Worldham area ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets XXXVI.9, scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Edition of 1910. £12.00
¶ Shows Lode Farm, Green Street, St. Nicholas Church.

Worthy Down ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP Sheets XL.4. Scale 25" to 1 mile, size 25" x 36". Minor tear in margin. Edition of 1932. £10.00
¶ Shows Worthy Down, Littleton House, Lower Farm, Officers Quarters, Roman Road.