button to main menu A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire

map type:-
Clarke 1787 map
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Maps, series issued in a guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, engraved by S J Neele, 352 Strand, London, published 1787-89; and in Plans of the Lakes ... 1793.
The maps are:-
plate 1. A Map of the Town of Penrith and Country Adjacent.
plate 2. A Map of the Town of Penrith in the County of Cumberland.
plate 3. A Map of the Roads between Penrith and Ullswater, scale about 10 ins to 1 mile; shows the River Eamont from Pooley Bridge for about 4 miles NE towards Penrith, and the country and roads either side.
plate 4. A Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
plate 5. A Map of the Roads, Waters &c between Penrith and Keswick, scale about 2 ins to 1 mile; shows the road from about Stainton to beyond Threlkeld.
plate 6. A Map of Derwentwater and its Environs.
plate 7. A Map of the Roads etc. between Keswick and Broadwater.
plate 8. A Map of Broadwater and its Environs, ie Bassenthwaite Lake, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
plate 9. A Map of the Roads Lakes &c between Keswick and Ambleside, scale about 2.5 ins to 1 mile; shows the road from about Castlerigg to the edge of Ambleside, past Thirlmere Lake, Grasmere water, and Rydal Water.
plate 10. A Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
plate 11. A Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs, scale about 6.5 ins to 1 mile.
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sources:- Bicknell 1990
private collection
JandMN Collection

items seen (illustrated items in bold, * have map squares etc):-
   Armitt Library : A6615.2 -- street map -- Map of the Town of Penrith in the County of Cumberland
   Armitt Library : A6615.7 -- map -- Map of the Roads etc between Keswick, and Broadwater
   JandMN (56) -- map -- Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs
   private collection (10_3) -- map -- Map of the Roads between Penrith and Ullswater
   private collection (10_4) -- map -- Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs *
   private collection (10_5) -- map -- Map of the Roads, Waters etc between Penrith and Keswick
   private collection (10_8) -- map -- Map of Broadwater and its Environs *
   private collection (10_9) -- map -- Map of the Roads Lakes etc between Keswick and Ambleside *
   private collection (10_10) -- map -- Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs *
   private collection (10_11) -- map -- Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs *
   private collection (26) -- map -- Map of the Town of Penrith and Country Adjacent
   private collection (169) -- map -- Map of Derwentwater and its Environs *
   private collection (292) -- map -- Map of the Lake Ullswater and its Environs
   private collection (293) -- map -- Map of the Roads, Waters etc between Penrith and Keswick
   private collection (294) -- map -- Map of Broadwater and its Environs
   private collection (295) -- map -- Map of the Northern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs
   private collection (296) -- map -- Map of the Southern Part of the Lake Winandermere and its Environs