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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, published in the London Magazine by R Baldwin junr at The Rose, Paternoster Row, London, 1753.
   Kitchin 1750s
map feature:- monumental cartouche & coat of arms (Appleby) & table of symbols & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (W from London, trapezoid projection) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks & woods & parks & county & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed title cartouche, lower right
WESTMORE- / LAND / Drawn from ye. best / Authorities / and Regulated by / Astronl. Observatns. / By T. Kitchin Geogr.
roll of woollen cloth, straw hats, etc
inscription:- printed top
For the London Magazine
inscription:- printed bottom
Printed for R. Baldwin Junr. at the Rose in Pater Noster Row.
inscription:- printed above scale line
British Statue Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 32.1 mm
wxh, sheet:- 24.5x20.5cm
wxh, map:- 216x165mm
scale:- 1 to 500000 ? (1 to 501353 from scale line)