Historical County Map of Durham
As well as stunning 19th century cartography this Thomas Moule map of Durham displays attractive images of Raby castle and Durham. A county-palatine of England, bounded on the W. by Cumberland and Westmoreland; on the N. by Northumberland; on the E. by the German Ocean; and on the S. by Yorkshire. It is divided into four wards, which contain 1 city, 8 market towns, 113 parishes, and about 100,000 inhabitants. It is 42 miles in length, from E. to W. and 32 in breadth from N. to S. The bishop is a temporal prince, being earl of Sadberg in this county, and sheriff paramount, as also perpetual justice of peace within his territories........