Record

D267 - Pashley Collection: artificial collection - [c1250s]-1960s
- 69 - Records of the Morewood family to properties in Castleton, Thornhill and Brough, Stubley and Woodhouse in Dronfield and yearly rents from lands and minerals in Alfreton and Swanwick - 1604-1839

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D267/69/1
Former Reference	D267/A/79
Title	Map of wastes and commons in Castleton
Date	1681
Description	Description from 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): A Map or draft of all the wasts and commons belonging to the Towne and Liberties of Castleton as it is now Divided among the Freeholders and Coppyholders of the said town and liberties of Castleton according to their Majesties writt of partition the third day of September in the third yeare of their Ma:ties Reigne and in the yeare of our Lord 1691. By us Luke Leigh, Edm: Hall, Surveyors. Surveyors: Luke Leigh, Edmund Hall. Scale: a Scale of Chaines to this Map 40 [1:6400]: divisions are numbered from right to left. Size: 35 x 58 cm., irregular. Materials: paint and ink on parchment. Centred on: SK150829 Notes: cardinal points at edges, top of sheet marked south actually SE. Rough sketch of the wastes and commons, 790 acres, surrounding Castleton, town in the centre is left blank: shown with single line boundaries: each parcel naming freeholder or copyholder with area: three furlongs south of the town are divided into lands following strip pattern: three rakes 'Daysie Rake', 'Durtlowe Rake', and 'Weetrake', drawn with double lines across the south common: many footways shown across 'North waste', invariably where they cross the boundary they are named 'yate' (drawn as ladder stiles), 'Oxlowe yate, Cawlowe yate, Wham yate, Lidyate, Hollin Cross', etc.: houses situated at perimeter of the commons sketched with roofs cross-hatched: 'Red seates' [Cameron I, 56] made prominent: the most south-west close is noted '70 acres left for digging and delveing turffes'.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Pashley Collection: artificial collection
Privacy Notice	Data Subjects in Archives Privacy Notice
Format	Map/Plan
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Copies	Photocopy of map (on 11 A3 sheets) held at Location J172/E2
Related Material	Other copies at D7676/BagC/241 and D6171/MAPS1
Term	Common land

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Place (click for further details)	Type
Castleton

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