Description | Receipt 1633 Description of Litchurch - case paper 1680 The whole number of acres of ploughland in Osmaston as are settled and purchased by Robert Wilmot and now occupied as ploughland 1702 Further particulars of all the ploughland 1708 Survey of the Rye Close - small plan 1712 Survey of some lands in Osmaston - William Leaper 1715 - tenants, close names, acreage "Additions made lately in my plott" 1715 Plan of new close 1717 Plan of Upper and Nether Close, William Leaper 1722 Plan of Cotton Flatt 1722 Plan of the Merrill and Clover Close 1722 - parchment and paper copies Plan of Borrow Meadow, William Leaper 1723 Plan of Parson Holme, Spondon 1723 Plan and terrier of land at Osmaston, William Leaper 1723 Land measured by William Leaper (terrier) 1723 Two plans of Osmaston Hall and garden by William Leaper, 1728 Survey of some land at Osmaston by William Leaper 1728 Land measured for Mr Wilmot by William Leaper 1728 Survey of land in Dale Pitt Field and Mill Pitt Field, Osmaston (Mr Dawson's ploughland) 1729 Land in Osmaston surveyed by William Leaper 1729 Mr Wilmot's land in Moor Meadow 28 July 1729 Survey of Wilmot's estate in Osmaston 1729 - tenants, field names, acreage Names of closes in Osmaston proposed to be sold 1730 Account of field land held by John Garner and others: Mill Pit Field, Dale Pitt Field, Bar Crofts, Flat and Aston Way 3 sketch plans of open fields showing strips and dimensions, 1731 Ground plan of part of the Hall 1746, with list of dimensions The dimensions of the Drawing Room including the end room - dimensions of the best parlour 1746, with associated drawings and correspondence Terrier of open field land - same grouping as previously, 1748 4 sketch plans of parts of the Hall 1749 Diagrammatic plan of Barcrofts and the Flatt 1751, showing strips Series of architectural drawings of Osmaston Hall - fireplaces, windows, study - dimensions of north drawing room 1753. (Not clear by whom) Notes and sketches of field land 1759-1766 - preparatory to enclosure Sketch plans and dimensions of the new study 1767 Estimate to build a vault in Osmaston churchyard for Sir Robert Wilmot, with plan, 1769 Further notes relating to enclosure of the open fields 1768-9 - with sketches
This volume is also 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:
Bound Volume of Surveys Received of Robert Willimot of Chaddesden July 20th. [1712-1769] Surveyor:William Leaper, where noted. Size:various, 17 sheets. Materials: as noted below. Centred on: SK365335 Notes: i. Rye Close 1712: sepia ink on paper, 20 x 10.5 cm., 15 acres, shows Town Field, Dale Close, London Road and Town Street. ii. A Survey of the New Closes, Osmaston, 1717: sepia ink on paper, some colour on boundaries, 20 acres, compass rose. iii. Upper and Nether Close, 1722: Surveyor:William Leaper: sepia ink on paper, 19 x 32 cm., compass rose, 14 acres. iv. Cotton Flatt, 1722: sepia ink on paper, 19 x 32 cm., 21 acres in 4 parcels. v. Merrill and Clover Close, 1722; properly called Top o'th' Hill Close, ink on parchment, some colour, compass rose, north at top, 42 x 32 cm., 24 acres. vi. Borrow Meadow, 1723. Surveyor:William Leaper: sepia ink on paper, some colour, 32 x 39 cm. 25 acres, compass rose: shows Church Close, Mr. Gilberts Close, R.Derwent, gates. vii. Sketch map of Parson's Holme, 1723: sepia ink on paper, some colour. 32 x 40 cm., compass rose, north at top left. 22.2.38 acres: shows R. Derwent and Humber Holme: endorsed A survey of Parson Holme in Spondon in Co. Derby March 30th 1723. William Leaper. Scale: no scale Size: various. Materials: sepia ink on paper with some colour. Centred on: SK3934 Notes: four rough sketches (i) Parson Holme with river Derwent and Humber Holme. 32 x 40 cm., (ii) Shepherds Close, (iii) the Mill Pit Field, 25 x 19 cm., (iv) some strips with areas, 30 x 12 cm. viii. A Survey of some land at Osmaston, 1723: Surveyor:William Leaper: ink on paper, some colour, 40 x 33 cm., fields numbered, terrier table gives names and areas. ix.Terrier of Ploughland at Osmaston, 1731: sepia ink on paper, some colour, strips lettered. x. A Ground Plot of the House, outhouses, gardens, orchard, grove etc at Osmaston, 1728: 2 sheets bound together both 32 x 45 cm., Surveyor:William Leaper: ink on paper, some colour, 9 acres, north at top left. Plans shown drawn on grid, trees, no scale shown. xi. Rough sketch of strips in Mill Pit Field, 1768. black ink on paper, 33 x 21 cm., shows Sheppard's Close, road to Sinfin Moor, Bottom part of Dawson's Close. xii. Rent Roll with strips,1760, 40 x 31 cm., black ink on paper, only names road to Sinfin Moor. xiii. Plan of strips in Crow Doles and Long Hall Thorn with letters and Moor meadow 1766. 33 x 19 cm., paper, ink, some colour. xiv. Small plan of Dale Mill Field, 19 x 11 cm., paper, black and sepia ink; strips with letters and some acreages. xv. Sketch similar to 11 with Shepherd's Close. xvi. Rough sketch of the Mill Pit Field, 1768, sepia ink on paper, 25 x 19 cm. xvii. Rough sketch of strips, paper, ink, 30 x 12 cm., shows area, some strips with numbers and letters. Location: DRO, D3155/WH1776 |