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mazes, Cumbria
county:-   Cumbria
Places to Get Lost
There are two basic sorts of maze: long sinuous paths that take you to the centre without choice; and mazes to get you lost.

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The unicursal, one path, mazes, are often made as turf mazes, and have a formal and traditional layout. For puzzle mazes, anything goes. The upkeep of a maze is not a light job, so some older ones have deteriorated, or gone.

references:-  
:: Histoire des Labyrinthes: Notre-Dame d'Amiens
Abelson, Harold &diSessa, Andrea: 1981: Turtle Geometry: MIT Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States):: ISBN 0 262 01063 1; describes the Pledge algorithm for traversing mazes
Abbott, Rober: 1997: Supermazes: Prima Publishing (Rocklin, California, United States)
Ayton, Michael: 1967: Maze Maker, The: Longmans (London)
Artress, Lauren, Dr: 1995: Walking a Sacred Path: Riverhead Books (New York, New York, United States)
Ashe, G: 2003: Labyrinths and Mazes: Wessex Books
Bord, Janet: 1976: Mazes and Labyrinths of the World: Latimer (London)
Borges, Jorge L: 1962: Labyrinths: Penguin Modern Classics (London)
Coate, R & Fisher, A &Burgess, G: 1986 (4th edn): Celebration of Mazes; Minotuar Publications (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
Dudeney, Henry Ernest: 1917 (and later edns): Amusements in Mathematics: Nelson, Thomas and Sons (London):: chapter on mazes and how to thread them
Field, Robert: 1999 &2001 (2nd edn): Mazes, Ancient and Modern: Tarquin Books (Stradbroke, Diss, Norfolk):: ISBN 1 899618 29 5
Fisher, Adrian: 2004: Mazes and Labyrinths: Shire Publicationsr
Fisher, Adrian: 2004: Mazes and Grottoes: Jarrold Publishing
Fisher, Adrian:2006: Amazing Book of Mazes, The: Abrams (New York, United States):: ISBN 0 8100 4311 5
Fisher, Adian &Gerster, Georg: 1990: Art of the Maze: Weidenfeld and Nicholson (London)
Fisher, Adrian &Saward, Jeff: 1991: British Maze Guide: Minotaur Designs (St Albans, Hertfordshire)
Fisher, Adrian &Loxton, Howard: 1997: Secrets of the Maze: Thames and Hudson (London)
Kern, Hermann: 1982: Labyrinthe: Prestel-Verlag (Munich, Germany):: in German
Kraft, John: 1985: Goddess in the Labyrinth: Abo Akademi
Lietzman, W &Bruckheimer, M (trans): 1965: Visual Topology: Chatto and Windus (London)
Lonegren, Sig: 1996: Labyrinths, Ancient Myths and Modern Uses: Gothic Image (Glastonbury, Somerset)
Matthews, W H: 1970: Mazes and Labyrinths, their History and Development: Dover Publications (New York, New York, United States)
Meehan, Aidan: 1996: Celtic Design, Maze Patterns: Thames and Hudson (London)
Pennick, Nigel: 1984: Labyrinths, their Geomancy and Symbolism: Runestaff (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire)
Pennick, Nigel: 1990: Mazes and Labyrinths: Hale, Robert (London)
Reed Doob, Penelope: 1990: Idea of the Labyrinth: Cornell University Press (New York, New York, United States)
Rouse Ball, W W &Coxeter, H S M: 1892: Mathematical Recreations and Essays
Saint-Hilaire, Paul de: 1977: Mystere des Labyrinthes: Rossel (Brussels, Belgium):: in French
Santarcangeli, Paulo: 1967: Libro dei Labyrinti: Vallechi Editore (Firenze, Italy):: in Italian
Saward, Jeff: 1987 (1st edn): Caerdroia Field Guide: Caerdroia Publications (Benfleet, Essex)
Saward, Jeff: 1997: Ancient Labyrinths of the World: Caerdoia (Tundersley, Essex)
Saward, Jeff: 2002: Magical Paths
Wright, Craig: 2001: Maze and the Warrior: Harvard University Press (United States):: ISBN 0 674 00503 1

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