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Fryer's Map of Northumberland (1820)

 

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Fryer's Map of Northumberland - Click for bigger imageThis is a section of John Fryer & Sons' Map of the County of Northumberland, 1820, showing Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and the surrounding area.\r\nJohn Fryer's Map was drawn to a scale of approximately one inch to one mile and was the first map of Northumberland showing its correct position by the lines of latitude and longitude.