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  A Map of CHESHIRE North West from London.
Second State Fourth State
Cheshire second state Cheshire fourth state
Click on either of the maps above to go to a larger image
First state

Imprint:
Publish'd by the Proprietors T. Badeslade & W H Toms Septr. 29th. 1741.

There is no plate number.

Scale: English Miles. (10 = 21mm)

The map names about eighteen places in Cheshire and a further twelve outside the county boundary.

Roads shown are:
1. Chester via Nantwich to Barlston in Staffordshire.
2. Preston, Wiggin, Newton and Warrington in Lancashire to Barlston in Staffordshire via Bruerton.
3. Stockport to the county boundary with Derbyshire.

The rivers Weaver and Dee are named on the map, as is the estuary of the Ribble on the Lancashire coast.

Second state

The imprint is unchanged.

Plate number 9 added outside the top right-hand corner of the map.

Third state

The imprint is unchanged.

About forty-five place names have been added.

Two roads have been added:
1. Chester to Chad C. via Salghton Bickerton and Hampton Post.
2. Chester via Frodesham, Sutton, Darisbury and Walton to join the Preston-Barlston road close to the point where it crosses the Mersey river, which has now been named.

P. OF DERBYSH has been engraved on the right hand side of the map.

The dotted line boundaries between Lancashire and Yorkshire and between Denbighshire and Shropshire have been extended.

Fourth state:

Imprint changed to:
Publish'd by the Proprietor W H Toms Sept. 29. 1742.


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