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James Clarke of Penrith (1745-1790) - Surveyor and Topographer of the Lake District
Heritage Open Day: Small display with free leaflet about James Clarke of Penrith (1745-1790) Surveyor and Topographer of the Lakes Born at Watermillock, James Clarke is remembered as author of the ‘Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland and Lancashire, together with an Account, Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive, of the Adjacent Country’. The Museum has one of these folios, which appeared in 1787, containing eleven large engraved maps. They demonstrate his exemplary draughtsmanship and include the first detailed map of Penrith and a diagram of the view from Penrith Beacon. He described the local culture and dialect and inserted a section on ‘The Border History’, which had done much to shape the character of the region.
Fri 6 Sep:1000-1600; Sat 7 Sep:1000-1600; Mon 9 Sep:1000-1600; Tues 10 Sep:1000-1600; Wed 11 Sep:1000-1600; Thu 12 Sep:1000-1600; Fri 13 Sep:1000-1600; Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
Robinsons School, Middlegate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7PT
Fri 6 Sep to Sat 14 September