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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D7676/BagC/242
TitlePlan of the Manor of Hassop
Date1752
DescriptionBelonging to the worshipfull Rowland Eyre, esq. By Robert Meller. Scale 4 chains to one inch.

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 plan of the Manor of Hassop in the County of Derby belonging to the Worshipfull Rowland Eyre, Esq. Taken by Robert Meller, Calver. Anno. Dom. 1752. Surveyor:Robert Meller. Scale: protracted from a Scale of 4 chains or 16 Poles in an inch [1:3200]. Size: 77 x 70 cm. Materials: coloured, ink on paper. Centred on: SK222722 Notes: top of sheet north-east. Estate plan, 823 acres, with field-names, reference letters, buildings in block plan, except group near north of parish which includes a distinctive elevation of a horse-winding gin: lanes, paths, roads to Bakewell, Ashbourne, Tideswell, Chesterfield, widened section named 'Green': reference table lists 11 tenants, total area of land types: Common, Waste, Free, Arable, meadow & pasture. Location: DRO, D7676/BagC/242; copy in DRO, D6171/Maps7, black and white photocopy on paper.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorBagshawe family of Foolow
Physical DescriptionSize: 39 ins × 29 ins
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