Bell 1833

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		MAP FEATURES
	Most notes are made from the Westmorland map.
	title publisher	Printed upper left:- WESTMORELAND Printed at the bottom:- Published by Archd. Fullarton & Co.
	vignettes	Printed lower right is a vignette scene of:- BROUGH CASTLE in a romantic setting, with the River Eden, bridge, castle, sunset, etc. The companion map of Cumberland has a vignette scene of Carlisle in which can be seen the Citadel, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle Castle, Eden Bridge, River Eden, etc.
	orientation compass rose up is N	Printed upper right is a compass rose; no circle, star points for the cardinal directions, lines for half cardinal directions, North marked by a spear point. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet. The Cumberland map is also printed with North at the top, but, suiting their shapes, Westmorland would have been the right way up as the atlas pages were turned, Cumberland would have been on its side.
	scale line scale	Printed lower left is a scale line of:- English Miles. chequered in miles, labelled at 2 mile intervals. the 10 miles = 47.1 mm, gives a map scale 1 to 341687 assuming a statute mile. the map scale is about:- 1 to 340000 5.5 miles to 1 inch Fitted on the same size page in an atlas, the Cumberland map scale is about 8 miles to 1 inch.
	lat and long lat and long scales	printed in the map borders are scale of latitude and longitude for a slightly slanted rectangular projection; chequered in 2 minute intervals, labelled at 10 minute intervals. The bottom scale is labelled:- Longitude West from Greenwich The map includes from 2d 4m to 3d 14m W, from 54d 0m to 54d 32m N; the whole of Westmorland.
	coast line coast shaded	A tiny bit of coast line is shown in the Kent Estuary, the area visible shaded and tinted blue.
	rivers bridges ferries	Rivers are drawn by wiggly line tapering upstream. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- River Ken R. Leven Crowdundle Beck Lune R. Bridges are implied where a road crosses and interrupts a stream. None? are labelled. A dotted line across lake Windermere is labelled:- Ferry
	lakes	Lakes are drawn in outline, shaded, and the large lakes tinted blue. Some are labelled:- Ulles Water Winander mere Grasmere L. Elter Water Hawes [Wt] Reservoir [Killington] Others might be recognised, eg:- Rydal Water Brothers Water (?) Hayes Water (?)
	relief hill hachuring	Relief is indicated by hill hachuring, tinted pale brown. There is quite a good impression of hilly areas and valleys. Some hills are labelled, eg:- Helvellin Shap Fells Whitbarrow Scar Some valleys are labelled, eg:- Graysdale [Grisedale] Patterdale
	beacons	Although not well located, at least one beacon is noticed:- Barbon Beacon Probably naming the hill not the beacon.
	forests	Wood land is not indicated, but some forest areas are labelled, eg:- Milburn Forest
	parks	Parks are drawn in outline, the interior pecked? and tinted green, possible labelled, eg:- Levens Pa.
	county	The county boundary is a dashed line, sometimes continued alongside another feature - as by the River Winster, elsewhere not shown - as in Ullswater. The boundary between adjacent counties is indicated. County areas have a tint along their boundary; Westmorland yellow, Lancashire north of the sands, green, the other part of Lancashire red, Cumberland red, Durham orange? Yorkshire blue. Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:- CUMBERLAND Very little is shown outwith the county, except Penrith and Sedbergh for the continuity of roads. Various features are noticed on the county boundary, in particular:- County Stone [Yorkshire, Lancashire, Westmorland] Lady Pillar [SE border]
	wards table of wards	Wards, comparable to hundreds, are divided by a fine dotted boundary line, the areas labelled by number which keys to a table printed lower left:- REFERENCE to the WARDS 1 East ward 2 West ward 3 Kendal 4 Lonsdale
	settlements distances from London	Settlements are marked by blocks, differentiated by style of labelling.
	cities	The Cumberland map in the series labels:- CARLISLE / 301 in upright block caps.
	towns	blocks, tinted red; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Kendal / 262 Ambleside / 278 except:- APPLEBY / 270 in italic block caps, as the de jure county town. Printed lower left is:- The Figures prefixed to the Towns denote the distance from London.
	villages   hamlets	block or blocks, perhaps a cross for a church, perhaps only the cross; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Crosthwaite Askham Applethwaite Clifton This style of lettering is used generally for map features.
	houses   castles	A house, large or small, might be marked by a block, and labelled, eg:- Storrs Hall Gill Stone [Kilnstones, Longsleddale] A castle is marked with a square with projecting lines at each corner, labelled, eg:- Castle [at Kendal]
	roads	A network of roads is drawn by double line: broad with light bold lines, perhaps indicating turnpikes; narrow for lesser routes. The destination of some routes is labelled at the county boundary, eg:- to Barnard Castle from Ulverstone
	canals	A canal is drawn by a triple line, light bold light.
	Lancaster Canal	from the south, to Kendal.
	miscellaneous
	peat mosses	A label on the west bank of the Kent Estuary indicates:- Peat Mosses
	stones	At the meet of Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Westmorland is:- County Stone

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