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Carlisle Library : Map 128

Town plan, uncoloured engraving, Plan of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven, Cumberland, scale about 26 ins to 1 mile, by J Howard, 1790s.
   Howard 1790s
map feature:- wreath cartouche & compass rose & up is W (WSWbyW) & scale line & sea plain & coast form lines & harbours & rivers & woods & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways (Waggon Road and Waggon Way serving the Coal Pit) & street plan & table of data (list of buildings)
inscription:- printed upper left of centre
A / PLAN of the TOWN & HARBOUR / OF / WHITEHAVEN / in the County of / CUMBERLAND / from an actual Survey Anno 1811 / by J. Howard.
inscription:- printed with scale line
A Scale of 12 Chains, or 264 Yards.
scale line:- 264 yards = 98.4 mm
wxh, sheet:- 43x52.5cm
wxh, map:- 413x508mm
scale:- 1 to 2500 ? (1 to 2453 from scale line)