Hall 1833

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		WESTMORELAND RAILWAYS, 1860s
	The particular interest in this map is in the railways depicted.
	railways	The railways are added: partly by engraving new lines on the plate, a bold line; but partly by a double line with cross ties, perhaps indicating a line in progrees or just being thought about:-
	Lancaster and Carlisle Railway	Authorised 1844; opened 1845; labelled:- Carlisle and Lancaster Railway Bold line.
	Kendal and Windermere Railway	Authorised 1845; opened 1847. Bold line; runs to the lake shore.
	Low Gill and Ingleton Railway	Opened 1859? Double line with cross ties.
	South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway	Authorised 1857; opened 1861. Double line with cross ties.
	Eden Valley Railway	Authorised 1858; opened 1862. Double line with cross ties; continues down the Mallerstang Valley.
	Settle and Carlisle Railway	Authorised 1866, opened 1866. Double line with cross ties; only the Mallerstang part is shown. It is drawn as a continuation of the Eden Valley Railway, perhaps not the Settle and Carlisle?
	Ambleside branch railway	Double line with cross ties; it is possible to see how an earlier edition showing this as a continuation of the Kendal and Windermere line has been altered. This line never happened.
		The railway additions suggest a date for the map in the late 1860s?

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