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Map Collection
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FA2001.58:-
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Map, colour printed, Bacon's Motoring and Cycling Road Map, London District,
by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, Lothian, published by G W Bacon and Co,
127 Strand, London, 1920s?
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The map includes London and Middlesex with parts of Hampshire, Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Surrey.
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'Best Cycling Roads' are coloured red; there are arrow on 'Danger-Hills' and
'Hills to ridden with caution'; road distances are given on the pattern 'P to F.
17' for Petersfield to Farnham; figures on the road give the altitude above sea
level, as well as contour lines; railways and inns are marked.
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inscription:- |
printed -on- cover
HALF-INCH SERIES / BACON'S / MOTORING / AND / CYCLING / ROAD MAP / LONDON /
DISTRICT / G. W. BACON & CO., Ltd. / 127, STRAND, LONDON. / ....
-- black on brown; location map |
inscription:- |
printed -on- top of map
BACON'S 'HALF-INCH' CYCLING ROAD MAPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES / REDUCED BY
PERMISSION FROM THE NEW ORDNANCE SURVEY
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inscription:- |
printed -on- bottom of map
G. W. BACON & C0., Ltd., 127 STRAND, LONDON / COPYRIGHT - JOHN BARTHOLOMEW &
CO., EDINR.
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dimension:- |
wxh (folded in cover) = 10x17.5cm |
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wxh (unfolded) = 100x64cm |
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scale = 1 to 126720 ? (nominal) |
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| MN: 21.5.2001 |