Dispatch 1863
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Map, colour lithograph, two sheets, 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.
Plates 9 and 10 in the Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles. Railways are a prominent feature; part of Lancashire north of the sands is shown. Versions of thess maps were published from 1850s to 1930s. |
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Dispatch 1863 | |
| map feature:- | up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection) & index grid (1..11,A..N) & table of symbols & table of data (population) & sea tinted & coast tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & electoral data & settlements & roads & canals & railways | |
| inscription:- |
printed upper left, N sheet
CUMBERLAND / AND / WESTMORLAND / REDUCED FROM THE ORDNANCE SURVEY / Divided into 5 miles squares |
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| inscription:- |
printed bottom left, both sheets
Bacon's Geographical Establishment |
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| inscription:- |
printed above scale line
British Statute Miles |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 75.9 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 210000 ? (1 to 212035 from scale line) | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 53x34.5cm | |
| wxh, map, complete:- | 463x601mm | |