Pigot 1826
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item:- Kendal Library : Map 92 |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about
4.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Pigot and Co, London, 1826-27,
probably published about 1831.
Engraved by Pigot and Co, Manchester about 1826-27; published in Pigot and Co's British Atlas of the Counties of England. Accompanied by a sheet, 2 pages, of descriptive text of Westmorland, from the atlas. |
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Pigot 1826 | |
| map feature:- | plain cartouche & table of symbols & vignettes (Kendal Church) & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular projection; Longitude West from Greenwich) & sea plain & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & forests & parks & county & wards & table of wards & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & post roads & distances from London & canals & electoral data | |
| inscription:- |
printed title cartouche, top centre
WESTMORELAND. fancy font |
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| inscription:- |
printed bottom right
Engraved on Steel by Pigot & Son. Manchester |
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| inscription:- |
printed above and after scale line
Scale / Miles |
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| scale line:- | 10 miles = 57.8 mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 280000 ? (1 to 278433 from scale line assuming a statute mile) | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 39x29.5cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 354x222mm | |