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Maps, two, hand coloured lithograph, Carlisle, scales about 1 inch to 1 mile and 4 inches to 1 mile, by Captain Robert K Dawson, 1830s?.
Showing old borough, parliamentary borough, municipal boundary, and ward, parish and township boundaries.
There are 6 pages - 3 sheets - of accompanying text from a report on Municipal Coporation Boundaries, England and Wales -- Carlisle, Report on the Proposed Municipal Boundary and Division into Wards of the City of Carisle.
   Dawson 1830s
map feature:- table of symbols & north point & up is N & scale line & rivers & settlements & roads & electoral data
inscription:- printed top
CARLISLE.
inscription:- printed lower left
R. K. Dawson Lt RE
inscription:- printed with upper scale line
Scale 1 Inche to a Mile
scale line:- 1+1 miles = 49.7 mm
inscription:- printed with scale line
Scale 4 Inches to a Mile
scale line:- 1 mile = 98.8 mm
wxh, sheet:- 21x33cm
scale:- 1 to 65000 ? (1 to 64762 from scale line, assuming a statute mile)
scale:- 1 to 16000 ? (1 to 16289 from scale line, assuming a statute mile)