Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Cumberland

  • These detailed maps normally cover an area of about one and a half miles by one mile. Each map includes an introduction.
  • They are available through our On-line Mapshop

    • Here are the details of maps for Penrith:

  • Cumberland 58.04a Penrith 1898 - published 2015; intro by Alan Godfrey. ISBN.978-1-84784-925-0
  • Cumberland 58.04b Penrith 1923 - published 1990, minor revision 2014; intro by John Hurst. ISBN.978-1-84784-814-7

    We have published two versions of this map, showing how the area changed across the years. Coverage stretches from the railway station northward to Fair Hill and the cemetery, and from Fell Lane westward to Castletown and the Poor Law Institution or Workhouse.

    Features include town centre with individual buildings neatly shown, railway with station, Workhouse, Castletown area, Sandgate, Hutton Hall, parish church, Northern Carriage Works, Christ Church, Lark Hall, St Catherine's RC Church, Great Dockray, Stricklandgate, Penrith Castle, Fairhill Fever Hospital, etc. Selections of directory extracts are included on the reverse.

  • Follow this link for a complete list of our Cumberland Series maps.
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  • Maps in the Godfrey Edition are taken from the 25 inch to the mile map and reduced to about 15 inches to the mile. For a full list of maps for England, return to the England page.
    Alan Godfrey Maps, Prospect Business Park, Leadgate, Consett, Co Durham, DH8 7PW / sales@alangodfreymaps.co.uk / 8 January 2018