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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin, first published in the London Magazine, London, 1753.
Possibly the map as published in Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England and Wales, published by Alexander Hogg, London, 1787-89.
   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 above scale line
British Statue Miles
scale line:- 10 miles = 32.2 mm
wxh, sheet:- 38.5x24.5cm
wxh, plate:- 225x173mm
wxh, map:- 217x167mm
scale:- 1 to 500000 ? (1 to 499796 from scale line)