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map type:- Leigh 1830
map
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A New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland Cumberland Etc,
scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, inserted in Leigh's Guide to
the Lakes and Mountains of Cumberland, Westmorland and
Lancashire, by M A Leigh, 3rd edn published by Leigh and
Son, 421 Strand, London, 1835.
Included in Leigh's Guide to the Lakes and Mountains of
Westmoreland, Cumberland and Lancashire.
And 4 small maps of parts of the Lake District:- Windermere;
Grasmere Rydal and Langdale; Derwent Water and Borrowdale;
and Ulles Water, each about 1.5 or 2 miles to 1 inch.
Detail maps of smaller areas is a new feature for a guide
book.
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Example (private collection (1_1))
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map feature:-
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compass rose (minimal) & up is N & scale line &
lat and long scales & sea plain & coast line &
coast tinted & rivers & relief & hill hachuring
& parks & county & settlements & roads &
canals
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inscription:-
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printed title, lower left
A NEW MAP / OF THE / LAKES, / in / WESTMORELAND
CUMBERLAND &c.
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scale line:-
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8 miles = 51.3 mm
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scale:-
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1 to 250000 ? (1 to 250970 from scale line)
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wxh, map:-
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353x517mm
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sources:-
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JandMN Collection
Bicknell 1990
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items seen (illustrated items in bold):- |
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JandMN (1_1)
-- map -- New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland Cumberland
Etc
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JandMN (1_2)
-- map -- Windermere
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JandMN (1_3)
-- map -- Grasmere Rydal and Langdale
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JandMN (1_4)
-- map -- Derwent Water and Borrowdale
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JandMN (1_5)
-- map -- Ulles Water
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