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Kendal Library : Map 151

Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, edition engraved by J Menzies and Son, Edinburgh, Scotland, published 1849.
The map is folded 3x3 panels; on the reverse are 8 panels of text, the 9th is where it was pasted to a card cover - The Lakes, description; table of symbols for the map; map title; The Keswick Guide, two panels, one day itineraries from Keswick; and two days itineraries from Keswick; The Laker's Guide, itineraries; The Mountain Guide, two panels, what can be seen from Sca Fell, Skiddaw, Helvellyn, and Old Man, Consiton.
The map is reengraved and is noticeably longer N-S than the 1st edn.
Railways are added - from the south through Lancaster, Oxenholme, off the map, then Shap, Clifton, Penrith, and north; with a branch from Oxenholme through Kendal to Birthwaite by Windermere lake; from the north through Maryport; from Maryport to Workington; from Broughton through Kirkby Ireleth to Rampside and Roe Island, with a branch to Barrow; and a barnch to Dalton.
   Otley 1818
inscription:- printed title cartouche, lower left
The DISTRICT / OF THE / LAKES / By J. OTLEY :
inscription:- printed bottom left right
KESWICK Published by Jonn. Otley 2d. May 1849. / Engd. by J. Menzies & Son, EDINR.
wxh, sheet:- 27.5x36cm
wxh, map:- 259x344mm
scale:- 1 to 260000 ?