Ford 1839 map
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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 83 |
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Map, hand coloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5
miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle,
Cumberland, from 1839, edn about 1845?
Taken from a guide book, A Description of Scenery in the Lake District, by Rev William Ford, 1839-52. This version of the map has the Isle of Walney. Printed lower left is a list of stations on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The map has only two railways - 'NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY' and 'MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY'. |
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Ford 1839 map | |
| map feature:- | compass rose & up is N & scale line & lat and long scales & sea plain & coast line & coast tinted & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & road distances & canals & railways | |
| inscription:- |
printed lower left
A / MAP / OF THE / Lake District / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND / and LANCASHIRE. |
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| inscription:- |
printed bottom
Carlisle ... Published by Charles Thurnam |
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| inscription:- |
printed with scale line
Statute Miles |
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| scale line:- | 8 miles = 56.3 mm | |
| wxh, sheet:- | 36x49.5cm | |
| wxh, map:- | 358x495mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 228681 from scale line, assuming a statute mile) | |