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item:- JandMN (225)
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Map, colour lithograph, Cumberland N, part of Cumberland
and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, first
drawn by Edward Weller for the Weekly Dispatch newspaper,
1856-62, published by G W Bacon, Bacon's Geographical
Establishment, London, 1895-97.
Plate 9 in the Commercial and Library Atlas of the British
Isles.
Railways are a prominent feature.
Version of this map were published from 1850s to 1930s.
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Dispatch 1863
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map feature:-
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up is N & scale line & lat and long scales
(trapezoidal projection) & index grid (1..11, A..G)
& table of symbols & table of data (population)
& sea tinted & coast tinted & rivers & lakes
& relief & hill hachuring & parks & county
& electoral data & settlements & roads &
canals & railways
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inscription:-
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printed upper left
CUMBERLAND / AND / WESTMORLAND / REDUCED FROM THE
ORDNANCE SURVEY / Divided into 5 miles squares
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inscription:-
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printed bottom left
Bacon's Geographical Establishment
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inscription:-
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printed above scale line
British Statute Miles
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scale line:-
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10 miles = 75.4 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 210000 ? (1 to 213441 from scale line)
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wxh, sheet:-
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52x34.5cm
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wxh, map:-
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461x302mm
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