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D258 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1200-1905
- 41
  - 23 - Canal Plans

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D258/41/23/1-2
Title	Printed plans of the intended canal from Chesterfield to the River Trent near Stockwith, Nottinghamshire.
Date	c.1769
Description	[The route is via Workshop and Retford, Nottinghamshire. The plans show nearby places, roads and rivers, industrial and mining works.] Surveyed in 1769 Scale 1 mile: 1 inch, size 34 × 17 inches (85 × 44 cms), coloured John Varless `delin' [cartographer] Thomas Kitchin engraver 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 plan of the intended Navigable Canal from Chesterfield to the River Trent near Stockwith. Surveyed in 1769. Jno. Varley, Delin. Thos. Kitchin, Sculp. Surveyor:John Varless 'delin.' Thomas Kitchin engraver. Scale: of 5 British statute miles [1:63360]. Size: 38 x 79 cm. Materials: ink on paper, coloured, printed. Centred on: SK388723 Chesterfield end. Notes: Compass indicator, NNW at top of sheet. Shows the line of the canal and adjacent features, houses mills etc.: the line is 44 miles 6 furlongs and is divided into 166 numbered sections: a table gives a list of distances on the route and the amount of rise and fall. Location: DRO, D258/41/23/1-3; copies in the British Library, Bodley Gough Maps Derbyshire 5; DRO, D267/67c (part) Canal Plans 1769, ink on paper with some colour, 45 x 88 cm., 3 copies; Derbyshire Record Office (Local Studies collection) Misc. Maps, 1769 and 1770; the Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth House, Map Store 5445
Level	file
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth

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