COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211206
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C265.3
Image Title:
Lancashire
Parent Work Title:
A map of Lancashire engraved from an actual survey with improvements
Creator:
Haywood, John
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Creator:
Sudlow, E., active 1785-1792
Creator Role:
Engraver
Date Created:
1789
Description:
Map: Lancashire. Monochrome map with very rich detail including cities, place names and rivers. The title is presented in a plain cartouche, top right. Below this is a table indicating: 'Reference to the Hundreds'. There is a simple compass rose centre. Latitude and longitude are marked around the edges. Bottom right is a scale bar showing: 'British Statute Miles 69 to a Degree'. Along the bottom left is printed: 'Haywood del.' Centre is printed: 'London, England, engraved for J. Harrison, 115 Newgate Street, as the Act directs, July 24. 1789'. Bottom right is printed: 'Sudlow Sculp.' (partially obscured).
Language Name:
English-GB
Language Code:
eng
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Medium:
Engraving (printing process)
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Lancashire
Item Height:
495 mm
Item Width:
392 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
