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Map, Westmoreland, scale about 19 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 16 miles to 1 inch, by James Wallis, 77 Berwick Street, Soho, London, 1810; published 1810-36.
Published in 'WALLIS'S New Pocket Edition of the ENGLISH COUNTIES or Travellers Companion in which are carefully laid Down all the DIRECT & CROSS ROADS, CITIES, Townes, Villages, Parks, Seats, and Rivers. with a General Map of England & Wales / London Published by J. WALLIS Engraver, Berwick St. Soho. and Sold by DAVIES & ELDRIDGE Exeter.' 1810.
The atlas has title page, address to the public, contents list and 54 maps; its size is 10x14.5cm. The maps do not have plate numbers.
Published in a 2nd edn, 1814.
The 2nd edn maps have plate numbers.
Published in 'Sportsmans Almanack' by P Martin, 198 Oxford Street, London, 1819.
Published, plates retouched, in 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide, or a Pocket Edition of the English Counties, Containing all the Direct & Cross Roads in England & Wales. With the distance of each principal place from London. London. Publish'd by W. Lewis, No.21, Finch Lane, Cornhill.' 1819.
The map is altered, cleaned up - hill hachures removed, lake shading reduced, roads re-engraved and emphasised, imprints changed; there is a page of text about the county.
Published in another edition 'Lewis's New Traveller's Guide, And Panorama of England and Wales. Containing Forty-four Superior maps. London, 1835'.
(map example JandMN (63))
map feature:- title cartouche (shaded) & table of symbols & compass rose & up is E & scale line & lat and long scales & table of symbols & sea plain & coast line & rivers & lakes & parks & county & settlements & roads & turnpike roads & post roads & canals
longitude, Kendal:- 2d 47m W
inscription:- printed title cartuoche, upper border
WESTMORELAND
inscription:- printed bottom
London Publish'd by W. Lewis, 21, Finch Lane.
scale line:- 10 miles = 13.2 mm
scale:- 1 to 1200000 ? (1 to 1219200 from scale line, assuming a statute mile)
wxh, sheet:- 11.5x14.5cm
wxh, map:- 93x132mm
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references:- Wallis, James: 1810: Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties: (London)
: 1819: Lewis's New Traveller's Guide ...: Lewis (London)
: 1819: Sportsmans Almanack: Martin, P (London)
: 1835 & 1836: Lewis's New Traveller's Guide & Panorama of England and Wales: Lewis (London)

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

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.111 -- road map -- Westmoreland
   Armitt Library : ALMC2008.14.112 -- road map -- Westmoreland
   Carlisle Library : Map 143 -- road map -- Cumberland
   Carlisle Library : Map 181 -- road map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2007.38.52 -- road map -- Westmoreland
   Dove Cottage : 2009.81.10 -- road map -- Cumberland
   JandMN (63) -- road map -- Westmoreland
   JandMN (92) -- road map -- Cumberland
   JandMN (330) -- road map -- Westmoreland
   Kendal Library : Map 67 -- road map -- Westmoreland