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D3208 - Miscellaneous Alfreton deeds and papers
2 - Revill/Revell family of Carnfield - 1608-1693
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D3208/2/5
Title
Plan entitled 'Description of the Demesne at Carnfeild [Carnfield] belonging to Robert Revell' by John Halton
Date
1693
Description
Including names of fields and acreages, with drawings of buildings
Scale 20 chains (1/4 mile):4 inches
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:
[Parish of South Normanton.] A Descripcion of the Demesne att Carnfeild belonging to Robt. Revell Esq. taken 14th and 16th Aprill Anno Domini 1693 Iohannes Halton descripsit. Surveyor:John Halton. Scale: of 20 chaines or 1/4 of a mile [1:4200]. dividers Size: 39.5 x 50 cm. Materials: ink on parchment. Centred on: SK435560 Notes: cardinal points in margin, top of sheet east. Estate map, 228 acres, named closes with area, boundaries drawn as hedges, spaced trees and walls: roads, some gated, paths: rough bird's-eye view of Hall (not named) with 4 gables and outbuildings: substantial house on 'Gleebe': woods, adjoining parishes, and owners: title in roughly drawn strapping: cartographer named in scroll at statement of scale: border style, straw plaiting associated with this surveyor. Location: DRO, D3208/2/5; copies in DRO, D432 Z/P1, photographic copy; DRO, D4996/6/37, tracing of part of above map.
Extent
1 item
Level
Item
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Revill/Revell family of Carnfield
Physical Description
Parchment
Size 48 x 41 cm
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