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D2406 - Over Haddon: Copy Map [16th cent] - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D2406/1
Title	Enlarged photocopy (in 6 sections) of a map of Over Haddon, believed to concern a legal dispute over land, depicting farmhouse and town buildings, mills, boundary fences and fields (with details of alleged ownership)
Date	20th cent
Description	From 16th cent original 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: [Plan showing Meadow Place and land between Nether and Over Haddon.1528]. Surveyor:[? Richard Howton]. Scale: no scale shown. Size: 60 x 50 cm. Materials: coloured paint on paper. Centred on: SK201658 Notes: cardinal points, north at top,. Shows Lathkill Dale, Over Haddon, roads, field-names and landownership: closes of Meadowplace and adjacent fields and commons, with statements as to rights or ownership: all closes in Meadowplace bounded by a laid hedge, some field names: lines to indicate arable lands: buildings distinctive, in perspective: 'New Byggyng' (Meadowplace) has archway and croft surrounded by red brick wall, timber framed houses in Over Haddon and elsewhere: buildings, cistern, gates, walls and hurdle fences drawn in bird's eye view: two water-mills drawn on their side to show their wheels in the river: endorsed in later hand 'No.65 Over Haddon'. Ascribed to Richard Howton, vicar of Bakewell by E.M.Yates. Made by order of the Court of the Duchy of Lancaster Chamber on 14 February 19 Henry VIII to resolve tenants common rights. Original held at The National Archives, Kew: PRO, MPC 1/59. Other copies in DRO: D172/1 reduced photographic reproduction, reduced in size 15.5cm. x 13 cm., north at top, no title, no scale, explanatory text on map: endorsed 'Copy of 16c. map in PRO sent to me by E.M.Yates MSc. PhD. University of London, King's College, Strand, London WC1. JRW; Microfilm M/851; and Agricultural History Review, XII (1964) pp.121-124, includes a reduced reproduction with modern script.
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Unidentified

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