Dawson 1830s

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		MAP FEATURES
	title map maker engraver	Westmorland:- Printed upper left in english black letter:- Westmoreland. Printed ms lower right:- Robt. K. Dawson, Lieut. R.E. Printed lower left below the scale line:- R. Martin, lithog. 124, High Holborn & 51, Carey St. Cumberland:- Printed lower right in english black letter:- Cumberland. Printed ms lower right:- Robt. K. Dawson, Lieut. R.E. Printed lower right:- C. Ingrey, Lithog. 340, Strand.
	table of symbols	Each map has a table of symbols. That for Cumberland is more complete:- EXPLANATIONS. Proposed Division of County, ... Red Boundaries of Wards, ... Brown Principal Places of County Election, ... [square, tinted blue] Borough Towns to return 2 Members, ... [double circle, inner tinted red] Do. ... do. ... do. 1 Member, ... [circle, tinted red] Polling Places, ... [cross paty] For Westmorland, the county is not divided and there are no larger boroughs:- Explanations. Boundaries of Hundreds, ... Brown. Principal Place of County Election, ... [square, tinted blue] Borough Town to return 1 Members, ... [circle, tinted red] Polling Places, ... [cross paty] The hundreds of the table are labelled wards on the map.
	orientation north point	Each map has a north point; N-S line, E-W cross line, North marked by an arrow head. Cumberland's arrow is grander, and its S end has arrow flights. The maps are printed with North at the top of the sheet.
	scale line scale	Each map has a:- Scale of Miles Westmorland; chequered in miles, labelled at 5 miles. The. The 8 miles = 49.6 mm gives a scale 1 to 259572. The map scale is about:- 1 to 260000 4 miles to 1 inch Cumberland; marked and labelled at miles. The 10 miles = 37.96 mm gives a scale 1 to 424629. The map scale is about:- 1 to 420000 6.5 miles to 1 inch
	coast line	The oast line on the Cumberland map is emphasised by a blue tint in the offing.
	rivers	Rivers are not shown except where they are a boundary feature. For example the River Duddon on the Cumberland map; the Rivers Eamont and Eden on the Westmorland Map (but not on the Cumberland map), but not the Winster, ...
	lakes	Lakes are ignored except where they are a boundary feature. For example: Ullswater and Windermere on the Westmorland map, and one bank of Ullswater on the Cumberland map. On the Westmorland map you have to know that part of the lake is not shown, that the boundary is through the middle of the lake. Notice that the county boundaries do not match exactly. Although not a boundary, Derwent Water is shown in outline with islands, on the Cumberland map.
	county table of data electoral data	County boundaries are a dot dash line, except where a river or other feature is the boundary. Cumberland is divided into two proposed electoral Divisions, the boundary a bold red line following ward boundaries. The divisions are labelled:- EASTERN DIVISION WESTERN DIVISION Westmorland has some statistical data, printed below the title upper left:- Population in 1831 ... 55,000 Assessed Taxes ... ~9,773
	wards	Ward, comparable to hundred, boundaries are a fine dotted line, tinted brown. The ward areas are labelled. Westmorland:- EAST WARD WEST WARD KENDAL WARD LONSDALE WARD Cumberland (notice the brown tint is missed along part of the county division boundary), Eastern Division:- ESKDALE WARD LEATH WARD CUMBERLAND WARD Cumberland, Western Division:- ALLERDALE WARD BELOW DERWENT ALLERDALE WARD ABOVE DERWENT
	settlements	Settlements with an electoral significance are marked by symbols formally declared in the table of symbols. A few other places are marked by blocks or a cross, to provide some orientation for the map reader. Places are differentiated by style of labelling, but based on electoral status rather than importance. Remember that all the electoral data is proposed, not definite.
	Westmorland
	Kendal	Borough sends 1 member, Polling Place
	Appleby	Principal Place of Election, Polling Place
	Kirkby Stephen	Polling Place
	Kirkby Lonsdale	Polling Place
	Ambleside	Polling Place
	Shap	Polling Place
	Cumberland, Western Division
	Cockermouth	Principal Place of Election, Borough sends 1 Member, Polling Place
	Whitehaven	Borough sends 1 Member, Polling Place
	Keswick	Polling Place
	Bootle	Polling Place
	Egremont	Polling Place
	Cumberland, Eastern Division
	Carlisle	Principal Place of Election, Borough sends 2 Members, Polling Place
	Brampton	Polling Place
	Aldstone	Polling Place
	Penrith	Polling Place
	Wigton	Polling Place
	roads	A limited netword of roads is drawn to connect places, drawn by double line.
		Lewis's Atlas
	After the Reform Act 1832, a series of political maps was published in an atlas of county and town maps; A Topographical Dictionary of England. These are much the same maps.
	Westmorland	Political map, Westmorland, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 98 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5, by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.98
	Kirby Kendal	Political map, Kirby Kendal, Westmorland, scale about 0.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 99 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5, by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.99
	Cumberland	Political map, Cumberland, scale about 7 miles to 1 inch, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 15 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5, by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.15
	Carlisle White Haven Cockermouth	Political map, Carlisle, White Haven, and Cockermouth, Cumberland, various scales about 1-2 ins to 1 mile, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 16 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5 , by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.16
	And also relevant to Cumbria:-
	Lancashire	Political map, Lancashire, scale about 8.5 miles to 1 inch, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 43 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5, by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.43
	Lancaster Blackburn Great and Little Bolton Wigan	Political map, Lancaster, Blackburn, Great and Little Bolton, and Wigan, Lancashire, various scales about 1.25 ins to 1 mile, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by J and C Walker, published as plate 44 in A Topographical Dictionary of England, 3rd edition vol.5, by S Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1835. HMCMS:FA2000.30.44

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