Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211169
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C200
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Image Title:
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Cumberland and Westmoreland
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Parent Work Title:
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A new map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland divided into their respective wards.
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Date Created:
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1760
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Description:
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Map: Cumberland & Westmoreland. The decorated cartouche top left contains a dedication: 'To the hon. Sr James Lowther of Lowther in Westmoreland, Bart. Lieutenant & Custos Rotalorum of Westmoreland and Lieutenant of Cumberland this map is humbly inscribed'. The cartouche at lower right contains the title and 'From the best surveys & Intelligences. Illustrated with historical extracts relative to natural history produce, trade & manufactures. Shewing also the rectories & vicarages, with various other improvements. 1760.' It is decorated with flowers, greenery and a green man.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Wesmoreland
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Places Covered:
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England: Cumbria
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Item Height:
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760 mm
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Item Width:
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578 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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