Brookes 1773 map

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		MAP FEATURES
	These notes mostly ignore the parts of the map away from Westmorland and Cumberland etc.
	title	Printed in upper right in a baroque title cartouche:- A New MAP of ENGLAND and WALES Divided into COUNTIES Drawn from the best Authorities.
	orientation compass rose up is N	Printed by the title cartouche, upper right, is a compass rose; circle, star points for cardinal directions, lines for half cardinal directions, North marked by a fleur de lys, East marked by a cross. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
	scale line scale	Printed lower right is a scale line:- British Miles 69 to a Degree The 90 miles = 39.2 mm gives a scale 1 to 3694922 assuming a statute mile. The map scale is about:- 1 to 3700000 60 miles to 1 inch
	sea area sea plain	The sea area is plain, the area off Cumberland labelled:- IRISH SEA
	coast line coast shaded headlands	The coast line is emphasised by shading. A headland is labelled:- St. Bees Hd.
	rivers	Rivers are drawn by wiggly line tapering upstream. At this scale only the larger rivers are shown; most are not labelled, but see:- Duddon R Irt R. where space in the sea allows labelling. The:- Solway Firth is labelled.
	lakes	A few lakes are shown by inaccurate outline, shaded, not labelled. They can be recognised as:- Windermere Coniston Water Ullswater
	relief hillocks	A few small hillocks suggest relief. A couple in the middle of Cumbria,a couple south of Brampton, a scatter down the Pennines. To the north the:- Cheviot Hills are labelled.
	forests	No woodland is indicated, but there is a label for:- Lune For
	county	County boundaries are a dotted line. The county areas are labelled, eg:- CUMBERLAND WESTMORELAND
	settlements	Settlements are positioned by a circle, with added elements, differentiated by style of labelling.
	cities   towns	circle, cross; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Carlile Appleby
	towns   villages	circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Kendal Brough Irton
	miscellaneous
	antiquities roman sites roman wall	Hadrian's Wall is sketched by a double line, solid dotted, from Carlisle eastward, labelled:- Picts Wall

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