Lake District Maps
Modern Ordnance Survey Lake District Map
In addition to the map of Cumbria you can also view a large scale Lake District Map.
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Images produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Images reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
Antique Lake District Maps
This map is dated 1827 and comes from "The District of the Lakes" by Jonathan Otley, you can also view a large scale version.
Jonathan Otley was born in Loughrigg on 19th January 1766 and died at Keswick on 7th December 1856. Apart from making maps he was a geologist, watch mender and a meteorologist who invented a rain gauge.
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View this It is interesting to compare this portion of the map with the modern map, you can see it shows the village of Mardale Green which was flooded in 1935 when Hawes Water was turning into a Reservoir. |
