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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1564/3 |
| Title | Map showing part of the liberties of Belper, Duffield and Makeney, based on a copy of parts of the enclosure plans, showing buildings, field boundaries, roads (including some road names) and footpaths, giving field names and extents, names of certain owners including of land adjacent to that which is featured on the map itself |
| Date | 1805-c1818 |
| Publication Date | 2006 |
| Description | The plan was first created in 1805 based on the Enclosure Map for Duffield, Belper, Hazlewood and Makeney (dated 1787). Updates, amendments and annotations were made to the map up to c1818 to show the intermediate lines of the Strutt Estate. The description on the map includes the following statement: 'And at the time of the new Survey in 1820, it was ordered by the Proprietors to be mounted and preserved, as well, on account of its magnitude and nature, as from being the production of their Clerk James Hicking: whom, for his long and honest services they much esteem'.
Surveyor: James Hicking
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains (enlarged from the original scale of 1 inch to 8 chains)
Approximate centre of map: 434874,346790
This is the earliest large scale map of the Strutt Estate at Belper and Milford. Like other Strutt estate maps, this one was produced in sections that did not align when they were pulled together. A note written to acknowledge the discrepancy reads: “These Errors cannot be cured, without spoiling the Plan.” It also includes a note about an error in the map resulting from the inaccessibility of the river banks at the time the ground survey was undertaken: “This part of the River was drawn by guess, before the Land on either side was bought or measured, and is all this wrong.” The correct alignment of the River is then added.
At the time the map was produced, there was a chain ferry across just south of the weir at Milford. The route is represented on the map by a small boat and chain. In 1793 the chain ferry was replaced by a stone bridge, in the same position as the old wooden bridge that can be seen further up stream. |
| Extent | 1 roll |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Strutt family of Belper |
| Format | Map/Plan |
| Physical Description | Size: 305 x 434 cm |
| Copies | A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office, Digital Repository, Enclosure Maps and Awards. You can also view this map on Google Arts and Culture (see link above). |
| Related Material | D1564/2 appears to be a draft of this map. |
| Acknowledgements | Additional catalogue description provided by Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site Great Place Scheme project volunteers in 2018 and map was digitised externally with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund as part of the same project. |
| Useful Links | https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/map-showing-part-of-the-liberties-of-belper-duffield-and-makeney-james-hicking/nAHcDtcY0dIPQA |