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Map, The Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, ie Cumbria, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, inserted in Black's Picturesque Guide to the Lakes, published by Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge, Edinburgh, Lothian, 1841. And 4 small maps of parts of the Lake District:- Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite; Buttermere, Crummock and Lowes Water; Winandermere, Coniston and Grasmere; and Ulles Water; each about 1.5 to 2.5 miles to 1 inch.
The map might be amended in later editions. For instance the map in the 3rd edition, 1846, has railways corrected uptodate.
map feature:- mounted & folded & up is N & scale line & sea plain & coast line & coast shaded & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & spot heights & beacons & forests & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways & canals
inscription:- printed lower left
THE / LAKE DISTRICT / OF / CUMBERLAND, WESTMORLAND, / AND / LANCASHIRE. / BY W. HUGHES.
inscription:- printed bottom, centre and right
Edinburgh : Published by A & C Black / W. Hughes
inscription:- printed above scale line
Scale of Miles : 69.14 to a Degree
scale line:- 10 miles = 72.4 mm
scale:- 1 to 220000 ? (1 to 222285 from scale line)
wxh, sheet:- 37x48.5cm
wxh, map:- 347x463mm
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sources:- JandMN Collection
Bicknell 1990
private collection
Carlisle Library Maps
items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   Carlisle Library : Map 79 -- map -- Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire
   Carlisle Library : Map 80 -- map -- Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire
   JandMN (32_1) -- map -- Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire
   JandMN (32_6) -- map -- Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite
   JandMN (32_10) -- map -- Buttermere, Crummock and Lowes Water
   JandMN (32_13) -- map -- Winandermere, Coniston and Grasmere
   JandMN (32_14) -- map -- Ulles Water
   Kendal Library : Map 161 -- map -- Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire -- Plan of the Ruins of Furness Abbey
   private collection (33) -- map -- Lake District of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire -- Black's Travelling Map of the Lake District