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Kendal Library : Map 16

Map, coloured lithograph, Westmoreland, scale about 14 miles to 1 inch, copy of the map by R Miller 1810 or by T Crabb 1819, published by Darton and Clark, 58 Holborn Hill, London, 1845-50.
Included in Reuben Ramble's Travels through the Counties of England.
The vignettes around the map are of Brough Castle, Stock gill Force, a Slate Quarry, and Ullswater Lake.
The map is pasted on card with an advertisement for other items on the back:-
'PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION / for / YOUNG CHILDREN. / Foolscap Quarto, sewed in neat Wrappers. / Each containing eight large Coloured Plates / with letter press in a Bold Type / PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH. / QUADRUPEDS AND THEIR USES TO MAN. / THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS OR THE CHILDS BOOK OF WILD BEASTS. / BIRDS AND THEIR USES TO MAN. / INSECTS AND REPTILES WITH THEIR USES TO MAN. / WILD BEASTS, THEIR HABITS AND USES. OBLONG 4T0. / THE BIBLE PICTURE BOOK, OBLONG 4TO. / THE WORLD AND ITS INHABITANTS. / UNCLE BENJAMIN'S FARM. / LIVING AND MOVING OR HORSES, COACHES & RAILWAYS. / SONGS FOR THE NURSERY. A COLLECTION OF THE OLD / NURSERY RHYMES WITH COLOURED WOOD CUTS. / JUST OUT, ON THE SAME PLAN; / PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH. / REUBEN RAMBLE'S TRAVELS IN / 1. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ENGLAND. / II. THE EASTERN COUNTIES -do.- / III. THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES -do.- / IV. THE MIDLAND COUNTIES -do.- / V. THE WESTERN COUNTIES -do.- // [ 39] New Union Str. Moor Lane, City.
   Ramble 1845
map feature:- north point & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (W of Greenh.) & sea shaded & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & parks & county & wards (? not labelled) & settlements & roads & vignettes
inscription:- printed lower right
WESTMORELAND
scale line:- 8 miles = 14.5 mm
scale:- 1 to 890000 ? (1 to 887914 from scale line assuming a statute mile)
wxh, sheet:- 15.5x19.5cm
wxh, map:- 107x69mm