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Map, colour lithograph, Yorkshire NW, 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 47 in the Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles.
One of four sheets for the county, other sheets may have title, scale line etc; railways are a prominent feature.
Version of this map were published from 1850s to 1930s.
   Dispatch 1863
map feature:- up is N & lat and long scales (trapezoidal projection) & index grid (1..14, A..J on this sheet) & table of data (population) & sea tinted & coast tinted & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & electoral data & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed bottom left
Bacon's Geographical Establishment
wxh, sheet:- 52x34.5cm
wxh, map:- 466x305mm