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Many maps are available under a Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) licence where highlighted to allow easy reuse. If this licence does not suit your particular use, please contact the library.
You can use our maps on Blogs, Social Networking or even Commercial Products, but always credit Lancaster University Library.
The following maps have been scanned from the Lancaster University Library Map Collection (unless otherwise stated). The jpeg images may be reduced to fit the screen and can usually be enlarged, depending on your browser. The library is able to provide uncompressed original digital files, upon request.
Warning: File sizes for some maps are large, and may download slowly especially on mobile connections. If you right click on the image, and click 'Save Link As' you can save the map and open it in a desktop image viewer, rather than browser, for easier zooming in on details on slower computers.
Further reading
External Sites
The invaluable website www.lakesguides.co.uk contains a large number of high quality scans of Lake District Maps. Where physical maps in our collection are available via this website, we have provided links. This website also hosts The Old Cumbria Gazetteer which includes records of locations in the old counties of Westmorland, Cumberland and Lancashire, Yorkshire that are now the county of Cumbria.
Year | Name | Image | Attribution |
1784 | Thomas West. A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland. Westmorland and Lancashire. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1787 | James Clarke. Series of maps published in a guide book, Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire... | See website | |
1798 | John Cary. Environs of the Lakes. | See website | |
c.1800 | James Lowes. A Map of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. | See website | |
1802 | George Alexander Cooke. The Lakes. | See website | |
1803 | John Feltham. The Lakes. | See website | |
1815 | Leigh & Son. A New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland and Cumberland. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1819 | Lackington & Co. Map of the Country in the Vicinity of the Lakes. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1827 | Jonathan Otley. The District of the Lakes. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1833 | Jonathan Otley. The District of the Lakes. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1840 | Charles Thurnham. A Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1850 | Unknown author. Map of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1860 | John Garnett. Map of the English Lakes. | See website |
Year | Name | Image | Attribution |
1610 | John Speed. Cumberland and the ancient citie Carlile described with many memorable antiquities therein found observed. | See website | |
1646 | John Jansson. Cumbria & Westmoria vulgo Cumberland & Westmorland. | See website | |
1648 | Johan Blaue. Cumberland (originally published in Atlas Novus). | See website | |
1774 |
Thomas Donald. Historic map of Cumberland. Also see North West Geography, 2002, 2 (1), 32-34. Available at http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/pdfs/donald.pdf |
See website | |
1801 | John Cary. A new map of Cumberland divided into hundreds exhibiting its roads, rivers, parks etc. | See website | |
1830 | C. & J. Greenwood. Map of the county of Cumberland from an actual survey made in the years 1821 & 1822. Published 1830. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1830 | Henry Teesdale. Cumberland. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1845 | Joshua Archer. Cumberland (with railways indicated). | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Year | Name | Image | Attribution |
1576 |
Christopher Saxton. Westmorland. |
See website | |
1610 |
John Speed. The countie Westmorland and Kendale the chief towne described. |
See website | |
1695 | Robert Morden. Westmorland. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1770 | Thomas Jefferys. Historic map of Westmorland. | See website | |
1805 | John Cary. A map of Westmoreland from the best authorities. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
1830 | C. & J. Greenwood. Map of the county of Westmorland from an actual survey made in the years 1822 and 1823. Published 1830. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1845 | Joshua Archer. Westmoreland. | CC BY-SA 4.0 | |
c.1869 | Isaac Slater. Westmoreland. From: Slater's royal national commercial directory of Cumberland & Westmoreland. Manchester : Isaac Slater, 1869 | See website |