Walker 1837
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 37 |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 3
miles to 1 inch, by J and C Walker, 9 Castle Street,
Holborn, about 1837, published by Longman, Rees, Orme,
Brown, and Co, Paternoster Row, London, edition about 1860s.
The map is ammended to include the 'Lancaster & Carlisle Raily.', 'Kendal & Windermere Raily.', and 'Nth. Western Raily.' ie Low Gill and Ingleton branch railway. A page inside the cover gives local information - lists of markets and fairs, value of land, dates for assizes, short descriptive text, and a triangular table of distances. |
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Walker 1837 | |
| map feature:- | card cover & sectioned for folding & mounted & folded (5x3) & plain cartouche & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & coast shaded & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & woods & forests & parks & county & electoral data & wards (hundreds) & settlements & roads & canals & railways | |
| inscription:- |
printed plain cartouche, upper left
WESTMORLAND / BY J. & C. WALKER |
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printed bottom
Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Co. Paternoster Row. |
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printed label on card cover
WALKER'S / WESTMORLAND / PRICE 2/6 |
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printed inside covers
Longman and Co., Paternoster Row, and J. and C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, / Holborn, and sold by all booksellers. |
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printed with scale line
English Miles 69'1 = 1 Degree |
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| scale line:- | 10+1 miles = 92.6 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 191175 from scale line) | |
| wxh, sheet (including gaps):- | 40x34.5cm | |
| wxh, map (including gaps):- | 384x324mm | |
| wxh, folded:- | 8x11.5cm | |
| wxh, covers:- | 9.5x12.5cm | |