Description | This map is described in the Derbyshire Record Society's "A Catalogue of Local Maps of Derbyshire c.1528–1800" (compiled by Harold Nichols, revised by Mary Wiltshire assisted by Susan Woore, published 2012). The description reads as follows:
A Map of all the Land lying in the several Parishes of Sherland Morton and North Wingfield in the County of Derby belonging to Richard Turbutt and Willm. Woodyear Esqr. Survey'd by Joseph Colbeck. Anno dom. 1724. Surveyor: Joseph Colbeck. Scale: of 21 Gunters chains eight in an inch [1:6400]: decorated rule with dividers. Size: 66 x 56 cm. Materials: coloured ink on paper. Centred on: SK384595 Notes: 8 point compass rose. Estate map, Oxton [Ogston Carr] to Higham hamlet, inset with south part of Stretton hamlet, 1332 acres (including Stretton, 347 acres) showing remnants of open fields with dotted line divisions: named closes with tenant reference letter and numbers: houses in stylised elevation, one 3 gabled: roads with double dotted lines, paths with single dotted,, woods: Reference Table gives tenants and reference letter in Higham, Sherland, Woolley Moor, Brackenfield, Stretton: highly decorated cartouche, floral scrolls: fine draftsmanship and colouring. Location: DRO, D37 M/P245; copies in DRO, D4996/6/30; DRO, D2349 Z/Z10 aperture card |