A Concise Description of the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains; With General Directions to Tourists (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1834. Excerpt: ... GENERAL DIRECTIONS: WITH NOTICES OF THE VABIOUS OBJECTS PASSED IN EACH BOUTE. STAGES. MILKS. Lancaster, over Sands, to Flookborough. 1K Flookborough, over Sands, to Ulverston. 6 Lancaster to Milnthorp 14 Milnthorp to Newby Bridge.... 15 Newby Bridge to Ulverston.... M Ulverston to Hawkshead.. . 1S Hawkshead to Bowness, by the Ferry.. 6 Ulverston to Coniston Waterhead... 14 Coniston Waterhead to Ambleside... 8 Milnthorp to Kendal 8 Milnthorp to Bowness by Crosthwaite.. 14 Lancaster to Burton 11 Barton to Kendal 11 Kendal to Bowness 9 Bowness to Ambleside 6 Kendal to Low Wood Inn.... 12 Kendal to Ambleside 14 Bowness to Newby Bridge.... 8 Newby Bridge to Hawkshead.... 9 Hawkshead to Ambleside.... 5 Low Wood Inn to Penrith.... 27 Low Wood Inn to Keswick.... 19 Ambleside to Penrith 25 Ambleside to Keswick 17 Keswick to Cocker month.... 13 Cockermouth to Whitehaven, by Workington 16 Keswick to Penrith 18 Penrith to Carlisle 18 Keswick to Wigton 22 Wigton to Carlisle 11 In making the tour of the Lakes, various routes present themselves; the choice of which must depend upon circumstances of taste, convenience, and mode of travelling. Tourists from the north generally approach by way of Carlisle; those from the south by Lancaster. LANCASTER Is a well-built town, containing 12,613 inhabitants. It is a sea-port upon the Lune, over which there is a handsome bridge; and about a mile further up a grand aqueduct, by which the Canal is conducted across the river. The Castle, including the countyjail and spacious halls for the administration of justice, occupies a commanding situation. A great part of the building is modern, but there still remains an ancient tower called John of Gaunt's Chair, from which there is a most extensive and beautiful prospect An ancient Church...