Collins 1852

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		Atlas
	Title page:-
	COLLINS' Pocket ORDNANCE RAILWAY ATLAS OF GREAT BRITAIN H. G. COLLINS, 22, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON.
		MAP FEATURES
	These notes are mostly taken from the map for Westmorland and Cumberland, page 5.
	title	Printed at the top:- Cumberland. 5. Westmoreland.
	orientation up is N	The map is printed with North at the top of the sheet.
	scale line scale	Individual maps do not have a scale line. Page 2 of the atlas declares the scale; a rectangle is engraved containing the scale statement:- EXPLANATION This Square corresponds in size with the various MAPS in this ATLAS and for ENGLAND & WALES, gives a length of 100 Miles, & a Width of 70 Miles, whereas SCOTLAND Being drawn on a larger scale, only represents a length of 70 Miles and a Width of 45 Miles. Entered at Stationers Hall. It is not clear whether the inner or outer border line gives the distances. Using the inner line, 70 miles = 50.0 mm gives a scale 1 to 2253082 and 100 miles = 71.2 mm gives 1 to 2260314, average 1 to 2256698. The map scale is about:- 1 to 2300000 36 miles to 1 inch
	lat and long lat and long grid	A graticule of latitude and longitude is printed across the map at 1 degree intervals. The projection, judging from several sheets, is trapezoidal.
	sea area sea plain	The sea area is plain. Off Cumbria are labelled:- SOLWAY FIRTH Morecambe B.
	coast line coast shaded	The coast line is emphasised with shading, in two stages, out into the offing, and closer shading inshore.
	rivers	Major rivers, these are very small maps, are drawn by wiggly line, not labelled.
	lakes	Lakes are drawn in outline, shaded, no labels. It is possible to recognise some lakes, for example:- Coniston Water Windermere Hawes Water Ullswater Derwent Water Bassenthwaite Lake Others are shown. None of the lakes is shown well enough for their study to be rewarding.
	relief hill hachuring	Simple hill hachuring gives an impression of the Lake District dome and the Pennine Hills.
	county	County boundaries are a fine dotted line, with a tint for each county along the line; Westmorland blue, Cumberland pale brown. The county areas have the same tint paler, and are labelled:- WESTMORELAND CUMBERLAND Adjacent counties are labelled but not tinted.
	settlements	Settlements on or off the railways are marked by dot and circle, or circle, differentiated by style of labelling. The differentiation is not reliable.
	cities	dot and circle; labelled in upright block caps:- CARLISLE
	towns	dot and circle; labelled in upright lowercase text, eg:- Kirkby Kendal Penrith Except:- APPLEBY in italic block caps, the de jure county town.
	villages	circle; labelled in italic lowercase text, eg:- Keswick Gosforth
	roads	Roads are not shown.
	railways	Railways are drawn by a bold line. Stations are not clearly marked. The following railways can be recognised (Cumbria):-
	Newcastle and Carlisle Railway	Open 1852. From the east, through Haltwhistle, Northumberland; to Carlisle, Cumberland; AND branch from Haltwhistle, Northumberland; to Alston, Cumberland.
	Maryport and Carlisle Railway	Open by 1845. From Carlisle to Maryport, Cumberland.
	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Open 1846. From the south through Lancaster, Lancashire; through Kendal, the Lune Gorge, Shap, Westmorland; then Penrith to Carlisle, Cumberland.
	Kendal and Windermere Railway	Open 1847. From near Kendal to lake Windermere, Westmorland.
	Whitehaven Junction Railway	Open by 1847. From Maryport to Whitehaven, Cumberland.
	Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway	Open to goods at least by 1850. From Whitehaven down the coast to Broughton West, Cumberland.
	Furness Railway	Open by 1848. Part from Broughton West to Dalton and Rampside, Cumberland.
	Caledonian Railway	Open 1847.
	Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway	Open 1848,
	Cockermouth and Workington Railway	open 1847. Drawn from Cockermouth to meet the Whitehaven Junction, but not into Workington.

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