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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, drawn by R Creighton, engraved by John and Charles Walker, published by Samuel Lewis and Co, 87 Aldersgate Street, London, 1831.
From A Topographical Dictionary of England.
   Lewis 1831
map feature:- compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (trapezoid projection?) & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & county & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:- printed lower right
WESTMORLAND
inscription:- printed bottom left, centre, right
Drawn by R. Creighton / ENGRAVED FOR LEWIS' TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. / J. & C. Walker Sculpt.
scale line:- 15 miles = 63.9 mm
wxh, sheet:- 23.5x30.5cm
wxh, map:- 174x228mm
scale:- 1 to 380000 ? (1 to 377780 from scale line)