Ford 1839 map
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item:- Carlisle Library : Map 84 |
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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, and
by R Groombridge, Paternoster Row, London, and others, from
1839.
Included in 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 missing. Two railways are shown - 'NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE RAILWAY' and 'MARYPORT AND CARLISLE RAILWAY'; the extra piece for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway is torn off. |
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Ford 1839 map | |
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printed lower left
A / MAP / OF THE / Lake District / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND / and LANCASHIRE. |
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printed with scale line
Statute Miles |
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| scale line:- | 8 miles = 56.5 mm | |
| wxh, map:- | 358x494mm | |
| scale:- | 1 to 230000 ? (1 to 227872 from scale line, assuming a statute mile) | |