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map type:-
Church Commission 1836

Diocesan map, proposed new Carlisle and Man Diocese, by the Church Commissioners, scale about 10.5 miles to 1 inch, lithographed by Samuel Arrowsmith, published by the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1836.
The new diocese consists of the old Carlisle Diocese plus parts of Chester Diocese, a parish from Durham, and the Diocese of Sodor and Man.
Published as plate 33 in 'THIRD REPORT FROM HIS MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE STATE OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH WITH REFERENCE TO ECCLESIASTICLA DUTIES AND REVENUES. (PRESENTED BY HIS MAJESTY'S COMMAND.) Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 20 May 1836'
( map example National Library of Scotland)
map feature:- up is N & sea plain & coast tinted & diocese (and archdeaconries and deaneries)
inscription:- printed upper right
CARLISLE, / and / MAN
inscription:- printed bottom right
S Arrowsmith Lithog
wxh, sheet:- 38x33.5cm (approx)
wxh, map:- 312x397mm (approx)
scale:- 1 to 670000 ? (estimate)
references:- Church Commissioners: 1836: Third Report from His Majesty's Commissioners Appointed to Consider the State of the Established Church: House of Commons (London)
: 1998: Cumbrian Ancestors: Cumbria Archive Service

sources:- Chubb 1927 (CCCCLXXa)
National Library of Scotland

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   National Library of Scotland : PP1836(280)XXXVI.47 -- diocesan map -- Carlisle and Man