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Cumberland 1835

Introduction - Description - Abbreviations - Guidelines - Surrounding counties - Maps

Introduction

Graphics linked from the maps section of this page produce a large print map of Cumberland in 1835, a tactile map with braille lettering, and a key to the tactile map. This page explains and describes the maps. Towns shown are parliamentary boroughs and polling places in 1835. The Description section says what is on the map. The Abbreviations section gives locations within the county. The Guidelines section gives a sequence of places along lines through the county. The page Cumberland and Parliament 1835 gives information on the parliamentary status of places. The Maps section has links to the maps, which are in pdf (Acrobat) format, and to a page describing the way to produce a tactile map with braille letters from the pdf file. On another page is a general introduction to this series of maps of the English counties which are intended to be accessible to blind and partially sighted people. The Genuki pages for Cumberland have more information about the county, its records, and many of its towns and parishes.

Description

There is a solid circle at the top left of the map. The title follows it at the top of the map, which is the North.The county boundary is shown by a dotted line. The Chapman County Code CUL is in large letters in the bottom right part of the map. Towns are large dots, with a 2 letter abbreviation of the town name nearby. Guidelines linking the towns are solid lines. A ten mile scale bar is in the bottom right corner. Cumberland is a county on the west coast, about 45 miles east to west by about 70 miles north to south. The county stretchs from south-west to north-east. Directions on map - West is left, East is right, North is up, South is down.

Abbreviations and locations

In the list below the two letter abbreviation is given first, then the place name, then the position on the map within the county.

AL Alston, eastern tip

AS Aspatria, half way up west coast

BO Bootle, southern tip, by west coast

BR Brampton, north-east part

CA Carlisle, centre/north

CO Cockermouth, central

EG Egremont, southern part near west coast

KE Keswick, central

PE Penrith, half way up south-east boundary

WH Whitehaven, southern part on west coast

WI Wigton, centre/north

Roads

Guidelines are shown to link the places on the map, and may not be the roads.

Three guidelines are shown:

Across near the top of the county, from Aspatria on the left near the coast, right to Wigton, Carlisle, and Brampton.
In the bottom left of the county near the coast, running up from Bootle to Egremont and Whithaven, then up and right to Cockermouth.
Halfway up the county and on the right, near the south-east boundary to Westmorland. From Alston on the far right, the line runs down and left to Penrith, and on to Keswick.

Surrounding counties

Names of surrounding counties surrounding Cumberland are not shown on the map. Most of the western boundary is the coast, with Scotland at the north-west. Going from the south of the county on the eastern boundary are Lancashire, Westmorland, Durham, and Northumberland. Note again that these are 1835 boundaries, not modern ones.

Maps

Graphic of Tactile map with braille names (pdf file)

Graphic of key in braille (pdf file)

Instructions for making a tactile map

Large print map (pdf file)

A single copy of this page can be made by or for any individual user. If you wish to make multiple copies or modifications, please contact David Hawgood - email david at hawgood dot com - I will normally give permission but I wish to know what use is being made of the maps. I also welcome comments.