Blome 1673

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		MAP FEATURES
	title cartouche scroll cartouche map maker dedication coat of arms	Printed in a scroll cartouche, lower right:- A MAPP OF YE COUNTYE OF WESTMORLAND DESCRIBED BY RIC: BLOME BY HIS MATY COMAND The map has a dedication to and the coat of arms of Sir John Lowther. Printed in a drape cartouche, upper left is the coat of arms of the Lowther Family:- or six annulets sable, 3,2,1 and dedication:- To The Honeble Sr. John Lowther Seinour of Lowther Hall Bart, This Mapp is Humbly Dedicated by Ric: Blome.
	orientation labelled borders up is N	The map has labels in the four borders in English:- NORH (sic) / EAST / SOUTH / WEST
	scale line scale	Printed lower left is:- A Scale of 6 Miles chequered in miles, the marks not labelled. The 6 miles = 49.0 mm gives a scale 1 to 197063 wrongly assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 200000 3 miles to 1 inch
	sea area sea plain	The small sea in river estuaries, is plain.
	coast line coast shaded foreshore	The coast line of the river estuaries is shaded for emphasis. Confusingly, at first sight, the river channels between foreshore shallows, have another set of shading.
	rivers bridges	Rivers are drawn by a wiggly double line tapering to a single line upstream. The broader parts might have form lines. Some rivers are labelled, eg:- Can flu [Kent] Ermot flu [Eamont] Trout Beck It is not clear what flu stands for. It is easy to assume flumen or fluvius but notice that lake names might use the same abbreviation. Some lakes have been described as looking like large rivers, so the same word could be meant. But flud, ie flood, is a reasonable word for a lake, and could apply to a river. The engraving of river confluences, like much of the map, leaves much to be desired. The map has no roads, but a couple of bridges are marked by a double line, for the road, crossing and interrupting a stream, as at:- Warcop, and less neatly, but labelled, at:- New Bridge [Newby Bridge] There are a few other bridges labelled but not marked, eg:- Levens Bridge
	lakes	Lakes are drawn by an outline, the shore shaded, or perhaps the lake filled with shading. Some lakes are labelled, eg:- Ulles flu Wynandermere flu Others might be recognised, eg:- Brothers Water Coniston Water Easedale Tarn (?) Esthwaite Water Grasmere Rydal Water
	relief hillocks	Relief is suggested by knobbly hillocks shaded to the east. The hills are clustered in the western part of the county, and on the north east boundary, but they are positioned elsewhere as well. A few hills are labelled, eg:- Helvillon hill Morton Pike Huseat Morvel hill Knothill [Farleton Knott] A line of hillocks makes Mallerstang Edge.
	woods trees forests	Tree symbols indicate some woodlands. These are mostly in parks, but also notice:- Whinfeld Forest Mallerstang Forest the latter in a park, and woods around Ambleside etc.
	parks	Parks are drawn by an outline with fence palings. Some parks are labelled, or named by a house, eg:- Colnhedd park [by Staveley] Wharton Hall in which the h was missed by the engraver and placed above.
	county swash lettering	The county boundary is a dashed line, continued alongside an other boundary feature Adjacent counties are labelled, eg:- PART OF CUMBERLAND The label for Yorkshire has extended ascenders and descenders, the engraver's attempt at swash lettering. A little is drawn outwith the county for the sake of continuity.
	settlements	Settlements are marked by a circle with added elements, but are not reliably differentiated by style of labelling. The size of labelling varies, but this seems to depend on how much space is available rather than the importance of the place.
	towns	circle, buildings, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Kirkby Steven Kendall
	villages   hamlets	circle, tower; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Croke [Crook] Barnside [Burneside] Ambleside
	miscellaneous
	antiquities tribal areas	The county is labelled:- THE BRIGANTES
	antiquities roman sites roman towns	Roman placenames are given alongside some modern names, eg:- AMBOGLAN [Ambleside] CALLAGUM [Temple Sowerby] ABBALLADA [Branton = Brampton] VERTERAE [Warcop/Great Musgrave]
	stones	Two stone symbols are labelled:- Dunbalrase stones
	beacons	On a hillock north of Penrith is a tower symbol, but not labelled. This is Penrith Beacon. On a hillock north east of Orton there is a ?post with rungs, labelled:- The Beacon
	crosses	On a hillock on the east boundary is a cross labelled:- Holomill Crosse

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