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Maps, Westmoreland, scale about 6 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by G Cole, and other counties, engraved by J Roper, published by Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, Poultry, London, 1805; published 1805-58.
Published in 'The British Atlas; comprising a complete set of County Maps, of England and Wales; with a general map of Navigable Rivers and Canals; and Plans of Cities and principal Towns. London: Printed for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; J. Harris; J. Cuthell; J. Cundee; W. Faden; J. and A. Arch; Crosby and Co; J. Richardson; and J. M. Richardson, 1810'.
The atlas has title page, list of contents, 2 general maps, 56 county maps, 21 town plans; its size is 8 5/8 x 11 ins.
Originally issued with the 'Beauties of England and Wales' by E W Brayley and J Britton.
Published in 'English Topography: or, A Series of Historical and Statistical descriptions of the several Counties of England and Wales. Accompanied by a map of each county ... 'Thee, O my Country! All my Soul reveres, And Admiration swells with ripening years.' London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Paternoster Row. 1816.' by Joseph Nightingale, London, 1816.
Published in another edition 'English Topography ... Published by James Goodwin & Thomas McLean.' 1820.
A poor lithographic copy published in 'Collins' Railway and Pedestrian Atlas of England containing forty-three maps, with all railways and roads accurately laid down ... London: Darton & Co., 58, Holborn Hill,' 1858.
In the 1858 copy all imprints etc are removed; the atlas size is 5 1/2 x 7 ins.
Other sheets in the series cover Lancashire and the rest of England and Wales.
(map example JandMN (4))
map feature:- title cartouche & plain cartouche & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & sea plain (?) & coast form lines & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & wards (hundreds) & settlements & roads
inscription:- printed title cartouche, top centre
WESTMORELAND
inscription:- printed bottom, left, centre, right
Engraved by J. Roper from a drawing by G. Cole. / London : Published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, Poultry. March 1st. 1807. / to accompany the Beauties of England & Wales.
inscription:- watermark:
J WHATMAN / 1805
scale line:- 10 miles = 42.5 mm
scale:- 1 to 380000 ? (1 to 378669 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 27x21.5cm
wxh, map:- 231x177mm
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references:- Brayley, E W & Britton, J:: Beauties of England and Wales
: 1810: British Atlas: Vernor, Hood and Sharpe & Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme & Harris, J & Cuthell, J & Cundee, J & Faden, W & Arch, J and A & Crosby and Co & Richardson, J & Richardson, J M
Nightingale, Joseph: 1816: English Topography: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy (London)
Nightingale, Joseph: 1820: English Topography: Goodwin, James & McLean, Thomas (London)
Collins, Henry G: 1858: Collins' Railway and Pedestrian Atlas of England: Darton and Co (London)

sources:- Chubb 1927 (CCCXXXIX)
JandMN Collection
Wordsworth Trust Collection
Armitt Library
private collection
Kendal Library Maps
Carlisle Library Maps

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.43 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.45 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Carlisle Library : Map 118 -- street map -- Carlisle
   Carlisle Library : Map 141 -- map -- Cumberland
   Carlisle Library : Map 176 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Carlisle Library : Map 177 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Carlisle Library : Map 234 -- street map -- Carlisle
   Carlisle Library : Map 252 -- street map -- Carlisle
   Carlisle Library : Map 328 -- map -- Cumberland
   Carlisle Library : Map 343 -- street map -- Carlisle
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.8 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.68 -- map -- Cumberland
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.70 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.71 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2009.81.6 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2009.81.16 -- map -- Cumberland
   JandMN (4) -- map -- Westmoreland
   JandMN (221) -- map -- Cumberland
   Kendal Library : Map 55 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Kendal Library : Map 68 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Kendal Library : Map 69 -- map -- Westmoreland
   Kendal Library : Map 70 -- map -- Westmoreland
   private collection (7) -- map -- Westmoreland
   private collection (8) -- map -- Cumberland
   private collection (9) -- map -- Lancashire