[Plate #84: The road via Kendall - Ambleside - Rydal - Wythburn - Keswick - Bassenthwaite - Caldbeck - Cockermouth - Egremont - Cleater - Eaglesfield - Bolton Low Houses - Red Dial - Thursby - Carlisle], together with (on verso) [Plate #85: The road via King's Lynn - North Runcton - East Winch - West Bilney - Narborough - Swaffham - Cockley Cley - West Tofts - Croxton - Thetford - Euston - Ixworth - Stowlangtoft - Tostock - Wetherden - Haughley - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Claydon - Akenham - Whitton - Ipswich - Chelmondiston - Shotley - Harwich] (The Roads from Kendall to Cockermouth and Egremonth to Carlisle in Cumberland)
Antique engraved copperplate road strip map, 1767
Title of map: '[Plate #84: The road via Kendall - Ambleside - Rydal - Wythburn - Keswick - Bassenthwaite - Caldbeck - Cockermouth - Egremont - Cleater - Eaglesfield - Bolton Low Houses - Red Dial - Thursby - Carlisle], together with (on verso) [Plate #85: The road via King's Lynn - North Runcton - East Winch - West Bilney - Narborough - Swaffham - Cockley Cley - West Tofts - Croxton - Thetford - Euston - Ixworth - Stowlangtoft - Tostock - Wetherden - Haughley - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Claydon - Akenham - Whitton - Ipswich - Chelmondiston - Shotley - Harwich]'
The image below shows an enlarged cross section from the centre of the map to show the level of printed detail:
The map shows the route passing through the following towns: Kendall - Ambleside - Rydal - Wythburn - Keswick - Bassenthwaite - Caldbeck - Cockermouth - Egremont - Cleater - Eaglesfield - Bolton Low Houses - Red Dial - Thursby - Carlisle, and the following counties: Cumbria
DATE PRINTED: 1767
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 23.5 x 18.0cm, 9.25 x 7 inches (Medium)
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Thomas Kitchin
PROVENANCE: "Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion Through England & Wales", by Thomas Kitchin. London. Printed for Robert Sayer, at No. 53 in Fleet Street; John Bowles in Cornhill; and Carington Bowles, at No 69, in St Paul's Church-yard 1767
TYPE: Antique engraved copperplate road strip map
VERSO: There is another road map printed on the reverse side: [Plate #85: The road via King's Lynn - North Runcton - East Winch - West Bilney - Narborough - Swaffham - Cockley Cley - West Tofts - Croxton - Thetford - Euston - Ixworth - Stowlangtoft - Tostock - Wetherden - Haughley - Stowmarket - Needham Market - Claydon - Akenham - Whitton - Ipswich - Chelmondiston - Shotley - Harwich]
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