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The following maps have been scanned from the Lancaster University Library Map Collection (unless otherwise stated). The jpeg images may be reduced to fit the screen and can usually be enlarged, depending on your browser. The library is able to provide uncompressed original digital files, upon request.
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Year | Name | Image | Attribution |
1086 | J. and C. Walker. ‘Lancashire A.D. 1086 according to the Doomsday Survey’ from Baines’s History of the County of Lancaster. Published 1836. |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1607 | Christopher Saxton & William Hole. 'Lancastriae Comitatus palatinus olim pars Brigantum'. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1610 |
Map from "The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster described and divided into hundreds, 1610" by John Speed. A non colourised version can be downloaded at Wikimedia, with a similar licence. |
Public Domain | |
c.1620 | Gerard Mercator. Westmorlandia Lancastria Cestria Caernarvan Denbigh, Flint Merionidh, Montgomery Sa Lopia Cum Insulis Mania Et Anglesey. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1662 | John Blaeu. Lancastria Palatinatus from Atlas Major. This is a reproduction, published 1893 by R. S. Shearer & Son. | ||
1695 | Robert Morden. ‘The County Palatine of Lancaster’ Morden’s large map from Camden’s Britannia (London, 1695) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1750 | Thomas Kitchin. ‘Lancashire... Corrected from Astronl. Observatns...’ from The London Magazine (London, 1750) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1764 | Thomas Kitchin. 'A New Map of Lancashire...' from England Illustrated (London, 1764) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1775 | M. Mackenzie Senior. Part of the West Coast of England from Formby Point to Walney I. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1787 | John Seller. ‘Lancashire’ (c.1694) final state from Francis Grose’s Antiquities of England... (London, 1787) |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1789 | John Cary. ‘Lancashire...’ from Cary’s New and Correct English Atlas (London, 1789) misleadingly dated 1787 in the imprint |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1816 | A New Map of the County of Lancashire Divided into Hundreds by Mr. Thomas Dixon. Published by William Darton. | ||
1818 |
Christopher Greenwood. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster. |
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1824 |
Franks & Johnson. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster with the Latest Improvements. For 'Baines' Lancashire'. |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1830 | G. Hennet. Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster. From a survey made in 1828 & 1829 by G. Hennet. Published by Henry Teesdale. | ||
1845 | Joshua Archer. Lancashire. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1849 |
J. & C. Walker. Lancashire. Engraved and drawn for Lewis' Topographical Dictionary. |
CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1895 | Lancashire from the book Pocket County Companion: Lancashire compiled by Robert Dodwell. |
The following images have been scanned from maps in the collection of Dr Ian Saunders (unless otherwise stated) and have been used as illustrations in Printed Maps of Lancashire: the first two hundred years (CNWRS, Lancaster, 2013). The map reference numbers in that book are included in the list below after the date, which is usually the year of the first issue, but in some cases is that for the particular edition illustrated. The jpeg images may be reduced to fit the screen and can usually be enlarged, depending on your browser.
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