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Yates 1786 		image


Map, engraving, The County Palatine of Lancaster, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by William Yates, published, London, 1786.
The map was drawn in 8 sheets; it included a triangulation diagram. Two northerly sheets, Lancashire north of the sands, are relevant to Cumbria.
Published in a 2nd edn by William Faden, Charing Cross, London, 1800.
This edition has added canals, and some landowners names are revised.
William Faden issued an edition reduced to 2 miles to 1 inch in 1816, published again by James Wyld, 1840.
sources:- National Library of Scotland
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   National Library of Scotland : EME.s.55 -- map -- County Palatine of Lancaster