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Map, England and Wales, index map to itineraries, scale
about 1 to 3800000, about 60 miles to 1 inch, bound in
Gray's New Book of Roads, 1824, published by Sherwood, Jones
and Co, Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
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inscription:-
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printed back of title page
In the General Map of England and Wales, opposite the
Title-page, the Cross Roads are drawn in blue lines, in
contradistinction to the Direct Roads in red. The points
d'appui, where the roads join, being thus rendered
prominently distinct, the Route from any one part of the
Kingdom to another may be easily traced, and referred
to.
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Itineraries in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, by George
Carrington Gray, published by Sherwood, Jones and Co,
Paternoster Road, London, 1824.
Published in 'GRAY'S BOOK OF ROADS. On an entirely New
Plan. PRICE SEVEN SHILLINGS BOUND; OR, WITH A SERIES OF
MAPS, FORMING A COMPLETE COUNTY ATLAS, TWELVE SHILLINGS
BOUND.' on first title page, and 'GRAY'S NEW BOOK OF ROADS.
THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE TO THE ROADS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AND
PART OF SCOTLAND, ON AN ENTIRELY NEW PLAN, WHEREBY THE
DIFFERENT LINES OF ROUTE LEADING TO ANY REQUIRED POINT OF
DISTANCE ARE BROUGHT UNDER NOTICE AT ONE REFERENCE, AND THE
VARIATION SHOWN IN THE MARGIN: THE GREAT ROADS, EACH
DISTINCTLY GIVEN, IN A CONTINUOUS LINE, FROM ONE EXTREME
POINT TO ANOTHER, AND THE CROSS ROADS SO ARRANGED THAT THE
ROUTE FROM ANY ONE PART OF THE KINGDOM TO ANOTHER MAY BE
TRACED WITH THE GREATEST FACILITY: WITH A VERY COPIOUS
GENERAL INDEX, AND SEPARATE LOCAL INDICES TO THE PRINCIPAL
TOWNS AND WATERING PLACES: FORMING, ALTOGETHER, A
COMPREHENSIVE, USEFUL, AND PERSPICUOUS ITINERARY. BY GEORGE
CARRINGTON GRAY. / LONDON: PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, JONES, AND
CO. PATERNOSTER ROW. 1824.' on the second.
The book has a preliminary title page, advertisements,
general map of England and Wales which is an index to the
roads, main title page, preface, table of mail coach routes,
table of distances on the Thames, explanation of the Direct
Roads, itineraries of Direct Roads, explanation of Cross
Roads, itineraries of Cross Roads, and an Index.
The road book might be bound with an atlas of county maps
and general map of England and Wales, and list and index map
of the county maps, by George A Cooke, 1802. The county maps
are from Cooke's Modern British Traveller, but the map of
The Lakes is new for Gray's road book.
The book size is wxh=12.5x15cm.
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