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map type:- Bacon
1896-1902
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Bacon's County Map and Guide, Bacon's Map of Cumberland
and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by George
W Bacon and Co, 127 Strand, London; published 1896-1902.
Includes Lancashire north of the sands, and minimal detail
in surrounding counties.
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(map example JandMN (71))
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map feature:-
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mounted (linen) & folded & card covers & up is N
& scale line & lat and long scales & index grid
(5 mile squares) & sea tinted & coast line &
rivers & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights
& dangerous hills & lakes & woods & trees
& forests & parks & county & settlements
& roads & railways & canals
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inscription:-
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printed cover
SHOWING DANGER HILLS / BACON'S COUNTY MAP / AND / GUIDE /
CUMBERLAND / WITH PARTS OF ADJOINING COUNTIES / FOR CYCLISTS
AND TOURISTS. / On Cloth, In Case, 1s. net. / LONDON : G. W.
BACON & Co., Ltd., 127, STRAND.
black and red on grey; gentleman and lady cyclists on a road
by the Thames at Windsor
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inscription:-
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printed upper left
BACON'S / MAP OF / CUMBERLAND / AND / WESTMORLAND /
DIVIDED INTO 5 MILE SQUARES.
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wxh, folded:-
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10x17.5cm
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wxh, sheet:-
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51.5x65cm
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wxh, map:-
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481x613mm
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 75.2 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 210000 ? (1 to 214009 from scale line)
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sources:-
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JandMN Collection
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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JandMN (71)
-- road map -- Bacon's Map of Cumberland and Westmorland --
Bacon's County Map and Guide, Cumberland
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