1839 Map of the County of Middlesex - taken from Pigot and Co's British Atlas Comprising the Counties of England (upon which are laid down all railways completed and in progress) by Pigot and Co - 1839

Pigot & Co, London and Manchester, 1839. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Map Dated from reference to British Library catalogue and title-page of atlas. This is the coloured map titled "Middlesex" and sheet entitled "Middlesex". The map, a hand-coloured (prior to initial binding) steel engraving contains a vignette of St. Pauls Cathedral. The inner side of the Middlesex county boundary is coloured yellow, inner boundaries of adjacent counties of Surrey, Kent, Hertfordshire, Essex and Buckinghamshire are coloured pale green, blue or pink. Wooded areas and rough ground are indicated. Country estates are coloured dark green and include Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Regent's Park. The map shows cities, market towns, villages and hamlets, the distance between the towns and cities and London is shown, also shown are the numbers of members returned for each borough and polling places. Towns shown include: Barnet, Brentford, Edgeware, Enfield, Hounslow, London, Southall, Staines and Uxbridge, distances between these towns are given in a table on the accompanying sheet. Mail roads, Turnpike roads, cross roads, lanes and other minor routes are shown with distances marked between Market Towns on the Turnpike Roads. Railways, rivers and canals are shown, including the River Thames, the Regents Canal, the Birminham and London Rail Road and the Great Western Railway. Mail and Turnpike roads and towns and principal villages in the neighbouring parts of adjacent counties are also shown. The boundaries of the "Hundreds" are shown and the names of each Hundred are identified in the key. The border includes longitude and latitude references and the scale is given in the bottom border which for this map is 1.5 inches to 10 miles. The map is a little darkened and the margin around the outer edge of the map is very slightly smudged and marked. The accompanying printed sheet has a dark mark at the bottom right corner and some slight wear to the edges of the sheet but is otherwise very good. Item Type: Map. Disbound. No dust jacket, as published. Single sheet map/chart. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 45017044028. 50% discount on selected books during January 2018. Prices shown include this discount..