Record

Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5631
TitleGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Date17th-19th cent
DescriptionFamily and estate copy deeds, etc
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Includes a map 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 a Farm lying at ye Meadow in the Tenure and Ocuupation of Wm Fenton Together with Land belonging therto in ye Over-End And in Greenfairfield. 1718. Scale:no scale shown. Size: 82 x 32 cm. Materials: ink on stiff paper, folded with some damage on folds. Centred on: SK088751 Notes: compass rose, north at top. Shows one crude perspective house, enclosures, some named: strip fields with names and acreages: footways and roads: endorsed 'A survey of a Farm at ye Meadow with some pieces at Green Fairfield'. Location:DRO, D5631 Interim List/Box 1
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited with Derbyshire Record Office by Messrs Challinor and Shaw, solicitors, of Leek, Staffordshire in 1978 (ref: D2658) and re-accessioned in January 2002.
Organisation Sub-TypeFamily and estate
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Wirksworth 
Hopton 
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