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MAP FEATURES

title
engraver
publisher
Printed upper right:-
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Sketch of the NORTHERN DEPARTMENT, of ENGLAND.
Printed bottom centre and right:-
Publish'd by Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row. To be hung in with a Guard, before Page 1 / Mutlow sc Russell Ct.

orientation
up is N
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Printed upper left is a compass rose; star points for cardinal directions, lines for half cardinal directions, North marked with a fleur de lys spear point. The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.

sea area
sea plain
Sea areas are plain, and might be labelled, eg:-
THE IRISH SEA

coast line
coast form lines
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The coast line is emphasized by form lines.
While headlands can be recognized, none is labelled.

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Rivers are drawn by a wiggly line tapering up stream. A few of the larger streams are labelled, eg:-
Ken R.
Loyne R.
R. Derwent
One river valley is noticed as one of the report's regions:-
THE VALLEY OF APPLEBY
ie the Eden Valley.

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Lakes are hardly noticed, they might be drawn in simple outline. None is labelled, but several might be recognized, eg:-
Buttermere lake
Codale Tarn
Coniston Water
Crummock Water
Easedale Tarn
Easthwaite Water
Ennerdale Water
Loweswater lake
Wast Water
Windermere lake

relief No relief is shown. The immediate impression of the sketch map is that relief and rivers are not pertinent to agriculture.

county
regions
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Counties are not directly noticed on the map, but their names are used in naming agricultural regions. The regions are bounded by dotted lines, some of which are missing; between the Eden Valley and Carlisle plain, between the central mountains and western Yorkshire moors. In Cumbria the regions are:-
  THE MORELANDS OF NORTHUMBERLAND including the Spadeadam area of Cumberland.
  THE MORELANDS OF THE FIVE COUNTIES including the area NE of the Eden Valley from Brampton eastward.
  THE DISTRICT OF CARLISLE including Longtown, Brampton, Carlisle, Wigton, etc. Not clearly divided from the Valley of Appleby.
  THE VALLEY OF APPLEBY The Eden Valley up to Kirkby Stephen. Not clearly divided from the District of Carlisle.
  SEA COAST OF CUMBERLAND
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Coastal area from the Wampool round to Ulverston, including Cockermouth.
  THE MOUNTAINS OF CUMBERLAND including the central mountains of both Westmorland and Cumberland.
  THE DISTRICT OF KENDAL including the Kent and Leven valleys, parts of the Lune valley, etc. Not clearly divided from the West Yorkshire moors.
  THE WESTERN MOORLANDS OF YORKSHIRE including the Howgills, Sedbergh, etc. Not clearly divided from the Kendal region.

settlements A few settlements are marked as reference points, marked by a circle and (mostly) labelled.
  cities circle; labelled in upright block caps, eg:-
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CARLISLE
  towns circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:-
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Penrith
Kendal


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