Old Cumbria Gazetteer

Maps, sheet 1, The Border, and sheet 2, England, North Central, in the Quarter Inch Map of Great Britain series, 4th edn with National Grid in yards, scale 4 miles to 1 inch, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, 1946.

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item:- JandMN : 103
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old map:- Saxton 1579

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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.

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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps.
item:- private collection : 2
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old map:- Speed 1611 (Wmd)

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Map, hand coloured engraving, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.

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Approximate 10Km square plus overlaps
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.5
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old map:- Jansson 1646

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Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.

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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps.
item:- JandMN : 88
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old map:- Morden 1695 (Wmd)

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Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695.

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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps
item:- JandMN : 24
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old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760

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Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.

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Approximate 10Km squares, plus overlaps
item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd)

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Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1 mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas Jefferys, London, 1770.

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Approximate 5Km squares, plus overlaps
item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
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old map:- West 1784 map

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Map, hand coloured engraving, A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, engraved by Paas, 53 Holborn, London, about 1784.

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Approximate 10Km square, plus overlaps.
item:- Armitt Library : A1221.1
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Rivers identified.

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old map:- Cary 1789 (Wmd)

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Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.

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old map:- Otley 1818

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Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.

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old map:- Ford 1839 map

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Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.

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old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H

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Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.

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old map:- Nurse 1918

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Map, The Diocese of Carlisle, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Rev Euston J Nurse, published by Charles Thurnam and Sons, 11 English Street, Carlisle, Cumberland, 2nd edn 1939.

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relief map:- NASA data 2009

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Relief map, digital image, Cumbria Relief Map, data downloaded from NASA, processed by Jean M Norgate, Longsleddale, Cumbria, 2009; used to make a relief model, multilayer jigsaw puzzle.

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Cumbria Relief Map, created from raw NASA data, Jean Norgate 2009
item:- Norgate 2009
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