Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England

Grouped plans of Reform Act boroughs such as Colchester, Maldon and Harwich, or Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard and Helston, ma...

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Grouped plans of Reform Act boroughs such as Colchester, Maldon and Harwich, or Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard and Helston, make Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England a compact record of English electoral geography after 1832. Samuel Lewis's reference work first appeared in 1831, with later editions represented here through the 1840s, combining historical and statistical descriptions of places with maps of their county and parliamentary settings. The maps were drawn by Creighton and engraved by John and Charles Walker, ranging from a single borough such as Aylesbury to the county maps of Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire.

Grouped plans of Reform Act boroughs such as Colchester, Maldon and Harwich, or Bodmin, Launceston, Liskeard and Helston, make Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England a compact record of English electoral geography after 1832. Samuel Lewis's reference work first appeared in 1831, with later editions represented here through the 1840s, combining historical and statistical descriptions of places with maps of their county and parliamentary settings. The maps were drawn by Creighton and engraved by John and Charles Walker, ranging from a single borough such as Aylesbury to the county maps of Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire.

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