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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5557/9/3
TitlePlan of John Bowler's farm: showing detached fields in Radbourne parish, woodland and hedges, with schedule of field names and acreages. Scale: 4 chains = 1 inch. Parchment. Size: 49cmx79cm (irregular)
Date[mid 18th cent]
DescriptionThis 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:

John Bowler's Farm. n.d. [?early 18c.]. Scale: 2 separate scales for different parts of the map [1:4000, 1:3200]. Size: 79 x 49 cm. Materials: ink on parchment with parcels coloured green: rough edges, hole in parchment does not affect the map, some rubbing, difficult to read. Centred on: ?SK279359 Notes: Shows 409 acres, named fields with double hedged boundaries, Campion's house, Bowler's house, Hankinson's house, Terrill hayes, Carrs: schedule of farms, fields and acreages under title. Location: DRO, D5557/9/3
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorChandos-Pole family of Radbourne
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