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map type:-
Bartholomew 1900s
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Travelling Maps series, Reduced Ordnance Survey Maps, various scales, by John Bartholomew and Co, Edinburgh, published by W H Smith and Son, 186 Strand, London, about 1900s.
Two maps in the series are relevant to Westmorland and Cumberland:-
The Lake District, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch;
Windermere and Morecambe Bay, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile.
(example private collection (282)(going to Dove Cottage?))
map feature:- mounted & folded (4x3) & card covers & table of symbols & up is N & scale line & sea tinted & coast line & foreshore sands & rivers & lakes & relief & layer colouring & spot heights & table of heights & settlements & roads & canals & railways
inscription:- printed top
REDUCED ORDNANCE SURVEY MAP OF THE LAKE DISTRICT / BY JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F.R.G.S.
inscription:- printed bottom right
John Bartholomew & Co., Edinr.
inscription:- printed cover
black on blue, with red on black title label
inscription:- printed advertisement inside front cover
W. H. SMITH & SON'S SERIES OF / TRAVELLING MAPS. / BY JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F.R.G.S. / ...
wxh, cover:- 11x17cm
wxh, sheet:- 39x47.5cm
wxh, map:- 364x435mm
inscription:- printed with scale line
SCALE OF 3 MILES TO AN INCH.
scale line:- 6 miles = 49.9 mm
scale:- 1 to 190000 ? (1 to 193508 from scale line)
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sources:- private collection (Wordsworth Trust?)
Armitt Library

sources:-

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Armitt Library : A1811 -- map -- Windermere and Morecambe Bay -- Reduced Survey Map of Windermere and Morecambe Bay -- Travelling Maps
   private collection (282) -- map -- Reduced Ordnance Survey Map of The Lake District -- Lake District -- Travelling Maps