Badeslade 1742
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The maps are two of a group of general maps at the head of
an atlas of county maps.
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title cartouche
plain cartouche map maker engraver publisher |
Printed in a plain cartouche at the top of one map
is:-
A Map of the Great Roads from LONDON. to all parts of SOUTH BRITAIN. at of the other:- Map of the principal Cross Roads from one Great Town, to another; thro: ENGLAND and WALES. Printed at the bottom of each is:- T. Badeslade delin. Published by the Proprietor W H Toms Sept. 29. 1742. W H Toms Sculpt. |
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orientation
compass rose up is N |
Printed at the top of the great road map is a compass
rose; circle, star points for cardinal and half cardinal
directions, North marked by a fleur de lys, East marked by a
cross, E S W labelled. The maps are printed with North at
the top of the sheet.
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| scale |
The map scales are estimated, about:-
1 to 4500000 70 miles to 1 inch |
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| settlements |
Settlements along the roads are marked by a circle, with
added elements, mostly undifferentiated by style of
labelling.
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| capital |
circle in a square; labelled in upright block caps:-
LONDON |
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| cities |
circle in a square; labelled in upright lowercase text,
eg:-
Carlisle |
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towns
villages |
circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
Kendal Boulton [Burton] |
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roads
distances from London |
The great roads are drawn by a double line, radiating out
from London. The routes relevant to Westmorland and
Cumberland are:-
from London; through Lancaster, Lancashire; then Boulton [Burton], Kendal, Westmorland; Penrith, Carlisle, Cumberland; and north east along the border with Scotland to Barwick, Northumberland. The companion map of cross roads has roads drawn by a double line. For Cumberland these are:- from Carlisle through Brakenhill, Cumberland; along the scottish border through Jedburgh etc; to Barwick, Northumberland. (also shown as a great road?) from Tinmouth through Newcastle, Hexham, Northumberland; then Corby to Carlisle, Cumberland. Whilst the map of the great roads gives a sensible overview of routes from London, it needs the cross roads to make proper sense. The map of cross roads is unhelpful by itself, and needs the great roads to make any good sense. There is a table of distances on the left side of each map. On the great road sheet these are:- Distances of each CITY and County Town from LONDON. in measured miles and computed miles. The entries for Cumbria are:- 301 / Carlisle / 235 256 / Kendal / 203 From these two figures (just these pairs) it seems that a computed mile is 1 1/4 measured miles. It is not stated what either measure is, but do remember that an Old English Mile is about 1 1/4 statute miles. The cross road sheet has:- The Distances of ye Principal Cities and Towns on the Cross Roads from each other: for Cumbria:- 80 / Carlisle to Barwick on Tweed / 55 69 / Tinmouth to Carlisle / 50 |
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