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item:- Armitt Library :
ALMC2008.14.30
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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 12
miles to 1 inch, by Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jefferys,
1748, published 1748-85.
Included in The Small English Atlas being a New and Accurate
Sett Of Maps of all the Counties of England and Wales,
published by Kitchin and Jefferys, London, 1751; during the
life of this edition a plate number, 41, was added.
There is descriptive text below the map is:-
Westmoreland Contains 1 Borough & 6 other Market Towns &
sends 4 Members to Parliament viz 2 for the County & 2 for
the Borough of Appleby. Is bounded by Lancashire on the
South & S.W. Cumberland on the W & N.W. and Yorkshire and
the Bishoprick of Durham on the E. and N.E. / Appleby sends
2 Members Market S. Fairs Whit Mo. May 30 and June 10. /
Kendal Market Sat. Fairs Mon. before Lady day & Trinity M.
Mon. Apr. 25 and Oct. 28. / Kirkby Lonsdale Market Tues. /
Kirkby Stephen Market F. Fairs Apr. 25 Oct. 18 & Whit Mon. /
Ambleside Market Wed. / Brough Markt. Th. Fair Sep. 19. /
Orton Markt. W. Fair Apr. 13. / Burton Markt. Tu. Fairs Mar.
25 & Whit Mond.
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Kitchin and Jefferys 1748
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map feature:-
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scale line & compass rose (basic) & up is N &
lat and long scales & sea plain & coast form lines
& rivers & lakes & relief & hillocks &
woods & parks & county & settlements & roads
& descriptive text
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inscription:-
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printed top
A Map of WESTMORELAND
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inscription:-
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printed above scale line
English Miles
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 22.9 mm
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longitude, Kendal:-
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2d 25m W
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wxh, sheet:-
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16x20cm
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wxh, map:-
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134x124mm
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scale:-
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1 to 700000 ? (1 to 702770 from scale line assuming a
statute mile)
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notes
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