| 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 Survey of the Lordship of Dale in the County of Derby taken April anno domini 1681 by Johem Oldfield, Geodet. Vera Copia p. Harry Walker. Surveyor: John Oldfield. Scale: of 80 perches [1:4000] with dividers Size: 75 x 98 cm. Materials: ink on paper. Centred on: SK438388 Notes: compass rose. Shows houses in perspective, named fields with area, 'the ruins of the Dale Abbey', millpond, 'Boyer Grange', Little How Grange, Cat and Fiddle Lane, Cundy Lane, The Common, Risley Park, Hopwell, Stanley Grange adjoining: some over writing. Location: Centre for Kentish Studies, U1590/P22; copies in DRO, D1819Z/Z1, photocopy of a copy; DRO, D4996/6/9, mistakenly dated 1601, smaller than original 45 x 65 cm., scale 2½" = 80 chains. |