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Road Book, North West England, Cyclists' Touring Club British Road Book new series vol.6, edited by F B Sandford, Blencowe, Greystoke, Cumberland, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons, London etc, 1911.
Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and the Isle of Man. There is an index map of the whole area.
The road book includes a number of routes in Westmorland, Cumberland etc, The Lakes; these are sometimes good cycles rides rather than standard routes. Each route has a map, descriptive itierary and gradient diagram. These routes are:-
pp.15-17, 19: route 1, Carlisle Penrith Shap, Shap Kendal Carnforth, and Carnforth Lancaster Preston, parts of Carlisle to Tarporley; route 1 reverse direction on p.19.
pp.48-49: route 18, Penrith Kirby Stephen Nateby, and Pendragon Castle Hawes Wensley, parts of Penrith to Ripon.
p.55: route 20, Bowness Wigton Caldbeck Liscow.
pp.56-57: route 21, Silloth Aspatria Keswick, Keswick Ambleside Windermere, and Kendal, parts of Silloth to Kendal.
p.58: route 22, Kendal Kirkby Lonsdale Clapham, part of Kendal to Wakefield.
p.61: route 23, Coniston Ferry Leven Bridge Crooklands.
p.80: route 35, Hardraw Moorcock Sedbergh Kendal, part of Scotch Corner to Kendal.
p.81: route 36, Kendal Ulverston Barrow-in-Furness.
p.82: route 37, Newcastleton Pentonbridge Carlisle.
pp.83-84 - route 38; Longtown Brampton Alston, and Alston High Force, Middleton Cotherstone, parts of Longtown to Catterick Bridge
p.86: route 39, Appleby Brough Bowes Rokeby.
p.88 : route 40, Borcovicus Greenhead Brampton Carlisle, part of Newcastle to Carlisle.
p.90: route 41, Haydon Bridge Warwick Carlisle, part of Newcastle to Carlisle.
pp.91-93: route 42, Haydon Bridge Alston Melmerby, Langwathby Pooley Patterdale, and Kirkstone Bowness Grange-over-Sands, parts of Haydon Bridge to Grange-over-Sands.
pp.94-95: route 43, Newcastleton Bewcastle Brampton, and Cumrew Renwick Long Marton Appleby, parts of Newcastleton Appleby.
p.96: route 44, Appleby Orton Tebay Kendal.
p.97: route 45, Brampton Station Armathwaite Ullswater.
p.98: route 46, Shap Thorn Orton Ravenstonedale Nateby.
pp.101-102: route 48, Middleton Brough Kirkby Stephen, and Sedbergh Casterton Hornby Lancaster, parts of Middleton to Lancaster.
p.104: route 50, Carlisle Kirkbride Abbey Town Silloth.
p.105: route 51, Abbey Town Wigton Rosley Penrith.
p.106: route 52, Allonby Aspatria Caldbeck Skelton.
p.107: route 53, Carlisle Wigton Aspatria Maryport.
p.108: route 54, Thursby Cockermouth Distington.
p.109: route 55, Penrith Whinlatter Pass Cockermouth.
p.110: route 56, Maryport Buttermere Keswick.
p.111: route 57, Cockermouth Ennerdale Bridge Seascale; and route 56a, Crummock Water and Whitehaven.
p.112: route 58, Carlisle Dalston Ullswater.
pp.113-114: route 59, Silloth Maryport Hensingham, and Hensingham Gosforth Bootle Millom, parts of Silloth to Millom.
p.115: route 60, Levens Bridge Grange-over-Sands Broughton.
p.116: route 61, Ambleside Cockley Beck Ravenglass; and route 61a, Cockley Beck to Ulpha down Dunnerdale, avoiding Hardknott Pass.
p.117: route 62, Wasdale Broughton Barrow-in-Furness.
pp.118-119: route 63, Ambleside Skelwith Coniston Lowick; and route 63a, Ambleside Hawkshead Hill Brantwood Lowick Bridge.
pp.119-120: route 64, Penrith Cliburn Orton Tebay, and Tebay Sedbergh Dent Newby Head, parts of Penrith to Newby Head.
p.122: route, Brough Thwaite Oughtershaw, part of Brough to Beamsley.
see:-   CTC 1899
(example JandMN (491))
book feature:- cloth bound & map (end papers and through book) & title page & preface (pp.3-6) & contents (pp.7-10) & text (pp.11-173; pages have an itinerary with matching map and gradient diagram) & appendix (pp.175-189) & index (pp.191-200)
inscription:- embossed cover
NORTH-WEST / ENGLAND / [CTC badge] / CYCLISTS' / TOURING / CLUB
gold on green
inscription:- printed title page
CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB / [CTC badge] / BRITISH ROAD BOOK / NEW SERIES / Vol. VI. / North-West England / EDITED BY / F. B. SANDFORD, M.A., CANTAB. / MAPS BY J. BARTHOLOMEW AND CO. // THOMAS NELSON AND SONES / LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, AND NEW YORK / 1911
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   JandMN (491) -- road book -- North West England -- British Road Book (vol.6) -- Cyclists' Touring Club British Road Book
   JandMN (491_1) -- road map
   JandMN (491_15) -- strip map (page 15)
   JandMN (491_16) -- strip map (page 16)
   JandMN (491_17) -- strip map (page 17)
   JandMN (491_19) -- strip map (page 19)
   JandMN (491_48) -- strip map (page 48)
   JandMN (491_49) -- strip map (page 49)
   JandMN (491_55) -- strip map (page 55)
   JandMN (491_56) -- strip map (page 56)
   JandMN (491_57) -- strip map (page 57)
   JandMN (491_58) -- strip map (page 58)
   JandMN (491_61) -- strip map (page 61)
   JandMN (491_80) -- strip map (page 80)
   JandMN (491_81) -- strip map (page 81)
   JandMN (491_82) -- strip map (page 82)
   JandMN (491_83) -- strip map (page 83)
   JandMN (491_84) -- strip map (page 84)
   JandMN (491_86) -- strip map (page 86)
   JandMN (491_88) -- strip map (page 88)
   JandMN (491_90) -- strip map (page 90)
   JandMN (491_91) -- strip map (page 91)
   JandMN (491_92) -- strip map (page 92)
   JandMN (491_93) -- strip map (page 93)
   JandMN (491_94) -- strip map (page 94)
   JandMN (491_95) -- strip map (page 95)
   JandMN (491_96) -- strip map (page 96)
   JandMN (491_97) -- strip map (page 97)
   JandMN (491_98) -- strip map (page 98)
   JandMN (491_101) -- strip map (page 101)
   JandMN (491_102) -- strip map (page 102)
   JandMN (491_104) -- strip map (page 104)
   JandMN (491_105) -- strip map (page 105)
   JandMN (491_106) -- strip map (page 106)
   JandMN (491_107) -- strip map (page 107)
   JandMN (491_108) -- strip map (page 108)
   JandMN (491_109) -- strip map (page 109)
   JandMN (491_110) -- strip map (page 110)
   JandMN (491_111) -- strip map (page 111)
   JandMN (491_112) -- strip map (page 112)
   JandMN (491_113) -- strip map (page 113)
   JandMN (491_114) -- strip map (page 114)
   JandMN (491_115) -- strip map (page 115)
   JandMN (491_116) -- strip map (page 116)
   JandMN (491_117) -- strip map (page 117)
   JandMN (491_118) -- strip map (page 118)
   JandMN (491_119) -- strip map (page 119)
   JandMN (491_120) -- strip map (page 120)
   JandMN (491_122) -- strip map (page 122)