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D504 - Clients of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors - [15th-20th cent]
45 - Miscellaneous - 17th century-20th century
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D504/45/1
Title
Map showing the common or waste-land belonging to Wormhill
Date
1675
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:
[The commons and wasts belonging to Wormhill] 1675. Surveyor: Peter Barker. Scale: no scale shown. Size: 41 x 33 cm. Materials: faded sepia ink on paper, some colour. Centred on: SK1175 Notes: compass directions written in margins, east at top. Sketch map showing 'the whole of the commons and wastes belonging to Wormhill, 888.3.6 acres, of the best sort 666.0.12 acres, of the middle sort 144.3.18 acres, of the worst sort 77.0.16 acres'. 'The parcels above mentioned divided into 2 equal parts to the best of my judgement being shown. The King's part marked with the letter K and the commoners part with the letter C. Delivered to the commissioners by me Peter Barker'. Location: DRO, D504/45/1
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Client of Messrs Brooke Taylor & Company of Bakewell, solicitors
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