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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmoreland ie Westmorland, scale about 5.5 miles to 1 inch, by James Bell? published by Archibald Fullarton and Co, Glasgow, Strathclyde, about 1834.
Lower right is a vignette scene of Brough Castle.
Probably from A Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales, by James Bell, 1843.
map feature:- vignettes (Brough Castle) & compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea shaded & coast line & rivers & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & wards & settlements & roads & canals
inscription:- printed upper left
WESTMORELAND
inscription:- printed bottom centre
Pubished by Archd. Fullarton & Co.
inscription:- printed with scale line
English Miles.
scale line:- 10 miles = 47.9 mm
longitude, Kendal:- 2d 43.9m W (?)
map type:- Bell 1833 (Wmd)
scale:- 1 to 340000 ? (1 to 335980 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 30.5x25.5cm
wxh, map:- 241x195mm

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Collection of about 135 maps, including some descriptive texts and prints, mostly of Westmorland and other areas of Cumbria, from Mercator's maps of 1595 to Hughes 1868, on loan from Mrs Susan Farmer, relict of Richard Farmer.
The collection includes:-
17th century - Mercator 1595 edns 1613-16 and 1639-42, parts of Cumbria; Keer 1605 edn 1620 Wmd and Cmd; Hondius 1607 various edns parts of Cumbria; Camden 1607 map Wmd; Speed 1611 Wmd; Bill 1626 Wmd; Simons 1635 Wmd; Jenner 1643 Wmd; Blaeu 1645 Wmd; Blome 1673 Wmd; Ogilby 1675 plate 96 and descriptive text; Morden 1676 Wmd; Blome 1681 Wmd and Cmd; Lea 1689 version of Saxton's map Wmd and Cmd; Seller 1694 edn 1787 Wmd; Morden 1695 Wmd
18th century - Morden 1708 version 1720-31 Wmd; Senex 1719-57 edn 1757 plate 82-83; Gardner 1719 plate 96; Cox 1720-31 Wmd; Bowen 1720 Wmd; Cox 1720-31 text; Bowen 1720 plate 93-94; Moll 1724 Wmd and edn 1753; Badeslade 1742 Wmd; Cowley 1743 Wmd; Simpson 1746 map and text Wmd; Rocque 1746 Wmd; Hutchinson 1748 Wmd; Kitchin and Jefferys 1748 edn 1751 Wmd; Kitchin 1750s Wmd; Bickham 1753-54 edn 1796 Wmd; Gibson 1759 Wmd; Bowen and Kitchin 1760 Wmd and Cmd; Seale 1761 Wmd; Bowen 1762 Wmd; Kitchin 1763 Wmd; Bowen 1763 Wmd and Cmd; Dodsley 1764 text and prints; Ellis 1765 Wmd; Kitchin 1767 plate 84-85; Bowen and Bowen 1767 Wmd and Cmd; Grose 1772-87; Jefferys 1775 plate 82; Kitchin 1777 Wmd; Crosthwaite 1783-94 Windermere lake; Hogg 1784 Wmd, Cmd and Nhd; Paterson 1785 pp.67-70 and pp.99-102; Bowles 1785 Wmd; Cary 1787 Wmd; Lodge 1788-90 edn 1795 Wmd; Cary 1789 Wmd; Aikin 1790 Wmd; Harrison 1790 Wmd and Cmd; Cary 1790 edn 1806 Wmd; Baker 1791-97 Wmd; Cary 1794 Cumbria
19th century - Wilkes 1801-28 Wmd; Cooke 1802 and version 1824 Wmd; Butters 1803 Wmd; Luffman 1803 Wmd; Smith 1804; Cole and Roper 1805 Wmd; Laurie and Whittle 1806 version 1834 Cumbria; Cooper 1808 version 1824 Wmd; Miller 1810 edn 1820 Wmd; Wallis 1810 edn 1819 Wmd; Wallis 1810 Wmd; Wallis 1812 and edn 1819 Wmd; Rowe 1816 Wmd; Robins 1818 Wmd; Langley 1818 Wmd; Reid and Wallis 1820 Wmd; Hall 1820 Wmd; Whittaker 1821 Wmd; Smith 1822 Wmd; Pinnock 1822 Wmd; Perrot 1823 Wmd and Cmd; Pigot 1826 Wmd; Teesdale 1830 Wmd; Murray 1830 Wmd; Lewis 1831 and edn 1833 Wmd; Cobbett 1832 Wmd; Tymms 1832-43 edns 1837 and 1838 Wmd; Duncan 1833 Wmd; Bell 1833 Wmd; Pinnock 1833-34 Wmd; Rodwell 1834 Wmd; Dugdale 1835 and edn 1860s Wmd; Pigot 1835 Wmd; Moule 1836 and edn 1834 Wmd and text; Walker 1837 and version 1860s Wmd; Ruben Ramble 1845 Wmd; Fisher 1845 Wmd; Johnson 1847 Wmd; Collins 1849-52 Wmd; Hughes 1868 edn 1886 Wmd.
Items are recorded individually.


General notes
Maps, Westmoreland, scale about 5.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch, by James Bell? engraved by R Scott, published by Archibald Fullarton and Co, Glasgow, Strathclyde, about 1833-34; published 1833-46.
Westmorland has a vignette view of Brough Castle, drawn by W Westall, engraved by E Finden; Cumberland a view of Carlisle from across the Eden.
Published in 'A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales ... By James Bell. A. Fullarton and Co., Glasgow, 1833-4.'
Published in another edition 1836.
Published in a 'General Atlas ...', 1839
Published in 'The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales ... illustrated by a series of maps forming a complete county-atlas of England ... London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow: A. Fullarton and Co. 1843.'
The 1843 edition has corrections for railways.
Published in an edition, 1846.
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