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map type:-
Sayer 1847 map
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Map of the County of Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, published by W Sayer, Kendal, Westmorland, 1847.
Included in Sayer's History of Westmorland.
(example Armitt Library : A1390.1)
map feature:- folded (5x3) & table of symbols & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales (rectangular projection) & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & wards & table of wards & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed lower right
MAP / OF THE COUNTY / OF / WESTMORLAND. / Engraved expressly for / Sayer's History of Westmorland.
inscription:- printed bottom
Published by W. Sayer, Kendal
wxh, sheet:- 54x44.5cm
wxh, map:- 503x418mm
inscription:- printed with scale line
SCALE OF MILES
scale line:- 8+1 miles = 99.2 mm
scale:- 1 to 150000 ? (1 to 146009 from scale line wrongly assuming a statute mile)
longitude, Kendal:- 2d 39.5m W
sources:- Armitt Library

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