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map type:-
Hinton 1765
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Road strip maps with sections in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, scales about 2 -2.5 miles to 1 inch, derived from maps by Ogilby, 1675 onwards, for the Universal Magazine, published by John Hinton, St Paul's Churchyard, London, 1765-73.
Published in 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure ... Publish'd ... For John Hinton, at the King's-Arms in St. Paul's Churchyard, London,' 1765-73.
39 plates reduced from 102 plates of Ogilby, plates about 2xsize of Bowen.
The plates which concern Westmorland and Cumberland seem to include plates 31 and 36, perhaps 5.
Plate 31; A Survey of the Road from Ipswich to Norwich; Kendall to Cockermouth; Egremond to Carlisle; opposite p.281, 1771.
Plate 36; A Survey of the Roads from Shrewsbury & Chester to Holywell; Tinmouth to Carlisle; opposite p.169, 1772.
Plate 5; The Continuation of the Road from London to Berwick. (which may be the road through Carlisle then across the border country.); opposite p.225, 1769.
   Ogilby 1675
scale:- 1 to 140000 ? (guess)
references:- : 1765 & 1773: Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure: Hinton, John (London)
Klein, Christopher M: 1989: Maps in Eighteenth Century British Magazines: Newberry Library (Chicago, Illinois, United States):: ISBN 0 911028 41 2

sources:- Chubb 1927 (CCXXVI)
Carlisle Library Maps

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Carlisle Library : Map 27 -- strip map (plate 36) -- Survey of the Road from Tinmouth to Carlisle
   Carlisle Library : Map 28 -- strip map (plate 36) -- Survey of the Road from Tinmouth to Carlisle
   Carlisle Library : Map 30 -- strip map (plate 31) -- Survey of the Roads from Kendall to Cockermouth and from Egremond to Carlisle