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Gardner 1719
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Road strip maps with sections in Westmorland and Cumberland etc, scales about 2 miles to 1 inch, reduced from maps by Ogilby, 1675, by Thomas Gardner, published by J Tonson, Strand and by J Watts, Wild Court, London, 1719.
Published in 'A POCKET-GUIDE TO THE English TRAVELLER: Being a Compleat SURVEY and ADMEASUREMENT Of all the Principal ROADS and most Considerable Cross-ROADS in ENGLAND and WALES. In One Hundred COPPER-PLATES. / LONDON: Printed for J. TONSON at Shakespear's Head over-against Katherine-Street in the Strand, and J. WATTS at the Printing-Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields. MDCCXIX.' ie 1719.
There is a title page and a few pages of text; the atlas size is 6 3/4 x 7 1/4 ins; the maps are reduced from Ogilby's maps of 1675.
The plates relevant to Westmorland are:-
Plate 38 Road from London to Carlisle.
Plate 96 Road from Kendal to Cockermouth, etc.
Also, relevant to Cumberland:-
Plate 62 Road from Carlisle to Barwick
   Ogilby 1675
scale:- 1 to 130000 ? (guess, not quite 2 miles to 1 inch)
references:- Gardner, Thomas: 1719: Pocket-Guide To The English Traveller: (London)

sources:- Chubb 1927 (CXXXVII)
Armitt Library

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.107 -- strip map (pl.96) -- From Kendal to Cockermouth -- From Egremond to Carlisle