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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1874/2
Title20th century photocopy of a 1710 survey of the Manor House, out-housing, gardens etc with land and two corn mills in Dronfield belonging to Ralph Burton
Date20th Cent
DescriptionScale 8 chains : 1 inch

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 Manor house, outhousing, gardens etc with ye lands and 2 corn mills in Dronfeild in the Co. of Derby. The Estate of Ralph Burton esq. Lord therof, by Sam. Hutchinson 1710. Surveyor: Samuel Hutchinson. Scale: of 8 chains [1:2500] with dividers. Size: 60 x 55 cm. Materials: ink on paper in book of maps. Centred on: SK350785. Notes: compass rose, west at top. Shows named parcels of land, disoriented, with acreage: church in perspective, manor house with ornamental gardens, tracks and stylised trees: Over Mill, Nether Mill, Brown Storth Wood, 'Firth Wood about ye year 1698 was sold by the Acres then surveyed to 36.3.0 is in ye Lordship of Unstone and Parish of Dronfield. Platted by S.H. 1710'. Location: Sheffield Archives, CeR/1; copy in DRO, D1874/2, black and white photocopy.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorUnidentified
CopyrightCopies of this item may not be made. Please contact Sheffield Archives.
OriginalsThe original 1710 survey is held at Sheffield Archives under reference CeR/1.
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