Description | Scale 1 inch to 4 chains
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:
Endorsed 'Map of Willington' [c1760]. Scale: of 8 [chains 1:2800]. Size: 52 x 52 cm. Materials: ink on paper. Centred on: SK295282 Notes: north-west at top. Shows parcels of land with ownership including Sir H. Harpur, Sir Rbt. Burdett, Mrs Ward and Hospital land: some houses in plan, roads, river Trent, brook, canal and intended canal: later noted in sepia ink area subject to floods and area not accessible in floods, only convenient place for another warehouse etc. Location: DRO, D2375M/161/48 |