Bassenthwaite LakeHistoric Map Mug
Bassenthwaite Lake Historic Map Mug
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- Printed to order in Britain
- Reproduced from the original in the National Library of Scotland
- Arrives with a card naming the sheet, the survey and the year
A mug featuring Bartholomew's distinctive Half-Inch mapping of Bassenthwaite Lake and the surrounding area.
What this map covers
This historic view of Bassenthwaite Lake takes in Cockermouth, Thornthwaite, Applethwaite and High Lorton, with Skiddaw and Ullock Pike also part of the mapped landscape.
About this map
This artwork is cropped from Sheet 3 · The Lake District, 1903, focusing the original cartography around Bassenthwaite Lake rather than reproducing the complete historic sheet.
The Half-Inch series was designed to make a wide area useful to the traveller, showing how settlements, routes, and terrain fitted together rather than concentrating on property-level detail. The maps were not simple reductions of Ordnance Survey sheets: Bartholomew selected and added information, including route categories useful to travellers.
Its 1:126,720 scale, two miles to the inch, sits between detailed local survey mapping and much smaller national maps. It is a scale particularly suited to following roads and railways between places while still reading coast, rivers, uplands, and the broader shape of the landscape. This particular source was published in 1903.
About the product
Made to order. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
- 11 oz · 229 × 95 mm print area
- white ceramic
- 11oz capacity
- straight-sided profile
- wraparound exterior print
- protective polished ceramic glaze
- dye-sublimation printing
- Dishwasher and microwave safe.
A note on map detail
The original map was printed at approximately 1:127,000. This artwork is reproduced at approximately 1:100,000, around 1.3× larger, making the original cartography and place names easier to see.
Historic map detail varies with product size and material. Use the listing close-ups as your guide to the exact crop and level of detail.
Map source
Historic map image: National Library of Scotland https://maps.nls.uk/
Cartography: John Bartholomew & Co.
About There & Then
There & Then brings archival cartography back into everyday use, creating pieces designed to be seen and lived with at home.
Bassenthwaite Lake · Cockermouth · Thornthwaite · Applethwaite · High Lorton · Skiddaw · Ullock Pike
- Map
- Bartholomew
- Year
- 1903
- Original
- National Library of Scotland