A Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire

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Title
A Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire
Reference
JandMN (100_1)
Date
1843
Description
Map, uncoloured engraving, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London. 3rd edition, 1843. Scale: about 3.5 miles to 1 inch. Mounted on linen, folded 4x3 plus an extension piece tucked in, pasted inside the front cover of A Description of Scenery in the Lake District. The map shows the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and the Maryport and Carlisle Railway. The added piece of map extends the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Newcastle, and the railway from there to North Shields. Notice the list of railway stations on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, printed lower left: Scotby, Wetheral, How Mill, Milton, Low Row, Rosehill, Greenhead, Haltwhistle, etc. Road distances are given on the road. For example Lancaster to Carlise, from Lancaster, through Burton, Kendal, Shap, Penrith, to Carlisle: L to B 11 MS. / B to K 11 MS. / K to S 16 MS. / S to P 11 MS. / P to C 18 MS.