button to main menu New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland Cumberland Etc

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.
Example (private collection (1_1))
map feature:- 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
inscription:- printed title, lower left
A NEW MAP / OF THE / LAKES, / in / WESTMORELAND CUMBERLAND &c.
scale line:- 8 miles = 51.3 mm
scale:- 1 to 250000 ? (1 to 250970 from scale line)
wxh, map:- 353x517mm
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sources:- JandMN Collection
Bicknell 1990

items seen (illustrated items in bold):-
   JandMN (1_1) -- map -- New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland Cumberland Etc
   JandMN (1_2) -- map -- Windermere
   JandMN (1_3) -- map -- Grasmere Rydal and Langdale
   JandMN (1_4) -- map -- Derwent Water and Borrowdale
   JandMN (1_5) -- map -- Ulles Water