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Map, hand coloured engaving, plate 58 of a New Map of
England and Wales, parts of Lancashire, and of Westmorland
and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary,
181 Strand, London, 1794, later edition, mid 19th century.
At the top of the map is a guide diagram to adjacent pages,
67 to the North, 57 West, 59 East, 49 South.
Railways have been added to the original map, and the
colouring has the boldness expected of the later period.
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Westmorland, Cumberland etc on a New Map of England and
Wales, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, 181
Strand, London, 1794.
Published in 'CARY'S NEW MAP of ENGLAND AND WALES, WITH
PART OF SCOTLAND. ON WHICH ARE CAREFULLY LAID DOWN All the
Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers
AND NAVIGABLE CANALS, Cities, Market and Borough Towns,
Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests, &c.
&c. Delineated from Actual Surveys: and materially assisted
FROM AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS liberally supplied by the Right
Honourable the POST MASTER GENERAL / LONDON: Published June
11th. 1794 by J. Cary. Engraver & Map-seller, No.181
Strand.
The map was published in 81 sections. Plate 58 includes
parts of Lancashire, and most of Westmorland and Cumberland;
the sheet number is printed top centre in an index diagram
giving the sheet numbers to the north, east, south, and
west.
The sheets of the whole map which are relevant to Cumbria
are: Westmorland - 49, 50, 58, and 59; Cumberland - 49, 57,
58, 59, 67, and 68; Lancashire North of the Sands - 49;
Yorkshire, Sedbergh area - 59.
Published again as 'SECOND EDITION. Corrected to 1824.
Note: This Map has been carefully revised & the whole of the
Plates re-engraved containing every improvement to the
present time. Published May 1st. 1824, by G. & J. Cary,
Engraver & Map-seller, No.86 St. James's Street.'
But note that an 1824 example, seen at the BL, has date 1816
in its lower border, suggesting an intermediate printing?
Published again with railways added, later in the 19th
century.
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